Bug ID 621202: Portal Access: document.write() with very long string as argument may be handled incorrectly.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP APM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 11.6.1 HF2

Opened: Oct 07, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

JavaScript code may include document.write() calls with very long strings (> 60K). In some cases these strings may be rewritten incorrectly.

Impact

rewritten HTML page may not work correctly.

Conditions

- document.write() with very long string as argument. - argument string contains HTML tags with quoted attribute values which include '>' inside.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Now document.write() calls with long HTML strings are handled correctly by Portal Access.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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