Bug ID 671880: [APM] Ping Access Agent's internal request processing state needs improvement

Last Modified: Oct 16, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3

Fixed In:
13.1.0, 13.0.1

Opened: Jun 30, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Ping Access Agent maintains the HTTP requests headers in a dictionary. While looking up an HTTP header, it accesses one extra element in the array.

Impact

ping_access_agent generates a core, which might cause a service outage.

Conditions

The memory layout of the extra element in the dictionary has the same value as the HTTP header's name.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

APM Ping Access Agent's internal request processing state has been improved to be more robust.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips