Bug ID 672868: Portal Access: JavaScript application with non-whitespace control characters may be processed incorrectly

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1

Fixed In:
13.1.0, 12.1.3.2

Opened: Jul 06, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Portal Access server-side JavaScript parser may work incorrectly if JavaScript code includes non-whitespace control characters inside text constants.

Impact

Web application may not work correctly.

Conditions

JavaScript code with non-whitespace control characters (0x00..0x08, 0x0E..0x1B, 0x7F..0x9F) inside text constants.

Workaround

There is no workaround at this time.

Fix Information

Now JavaScript code with non-whitespace control characters can be processed by Portal Access.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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