Bug ID 647944: MCP may crash when making specific changes to a FIX profile attached to more than one virtual server

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 11.6.1, 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, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1

Fixed In:
13.1.0, 12.1.3, 11.6.2

Opened: Feb 27, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When a FIX profile is attached to more than one virtual server, making specific edits to the profile may result in MCP crashing and restarting.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while mcpd restarts.

Conditions

A FIX profile is be in use and attached to more than one virtual server. You then edit the profile (and click "Update") in this order: - Change the Error Action from "Don't Forward" to "Drop Connection" - Add a new mapping to the Sender and Tag Substitution Data Group Mapping.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Prevented MCP from crashing when the FIX profile is edited.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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