Bug ID 643646: Add a new configuration option in tmsh to disallow exporting of private keys in iControl and GUI

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1

Fixed In:
13.1.0

Opened: Feb 07, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The system currently offers a variety of key and certificate export functionalities through iControl and GUI. However, there is no way for administrators to disallow exporting of private keys in iControl and GUI.

Impact

No way to prevent exporting of private keys.

Conditions

Using iControl and GUI to export of private keys.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

By default, key export is enabled. Now an administrator can disable key export by using the tmsh command below. tmsh modify sys crypto allow-key-export value disabled

Behavior Change

There is a new configuration option to disallow exporting of private keys in iControl and GUI. By default key export is enabled. Now an administrator can disable key export by using the following tmsh command: tmsh modify sys crypto allow-key-export value disabled

Guides & references

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