Bug ID 622148: flow generated icmp error message need to consider which side of the proxy they are

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.1.0, 11.2.0, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.3.7

Opened: Oct 12, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

when generating an error message from a flow, the icmp6 code does not check which side the messages needs to be crafted for.

Impact

As a result generated ICMP error message might contain the wrong addressing

Conditions

error handling

Workaround

no workaround

Fix Information

now the code checks flow type before crafting the error message

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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