Bug ID 648083: APM rewrite process may incorrectly handle the eval() function.

Last Modified: Jul 13, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.1, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.6.1 HF2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 HF1, 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, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 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, 11.6.3

Opened: Feb 28, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K83700745

Symptoms

Errors indicated by web-application. Other potential symptoms include incorrect rendering for some pages and/or links not rewritten in web applications.

Impact

Application does not work correctly via Portal Access.

Conditions

Using indirect references to native eval function in web-application code. For example. using a function in web-application's code similar to the following: function f(n) { var e = eval; return e(n); } f(some_text)

Workaround

Use a custom iRule.

Fix Information

Now Portal Access supports calling eval() using indirect references. This improves web-application compatibility.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips