Bug ID 622913: Audit Log filled with constant change messages

Last Modified: Nov 14, 2022

Bug Tracker

Affected Product:  See more info
BIG-IP ASM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.0, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.2 HF1

Opened: Oct 16, 2016
Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Frequent changes by Policy Builder fill the audit log too quickly and can affect viewing the Security Logs: Error 502 Bad Gateway when clicking "Application Security" logs

Impact

Disk space usage and errors viewing the Application Security logs

Conditions

Frequent Policy Builder changes occur and no ASM device group is configured.

Workaround

Workarounds: 1) Turn off "Recommend Sync when Policy is not applied". (Security ›› Options : Application Security : Preferences) 2) Enable ASM sync on a device group.

Fix Information

Updates to the audit log are throttled at max 1/minute.

Behavior Change