Bug ID 673085: Enhancing the error message for metadata import/export failure for SAML SP and IdP objects.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP APM(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, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5, 13.1.0.6, 13.1.0.7, 13.1.0.8, 13.1.1, 13.1.1.2, 13.1.1.3, 13.1.1.4, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.3, 13.1.3.1, 13.1.3.2, 13.1.3.3, 13.1.3.4, 13.1.3.5, 13.1.3.6, 13.1.4, 13.1.4.1, 13.1.5, 13.1.5.1

Fixed In:
14.0.0

Opened: Jul 07, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When problems occur during the import or export of SAML metadata for SP or IdP, a message is logged, but the information is insufficient to help determine why the import/export failed. The system logs and error message similar to the following: MCP Error01070712:3: apm aaa saml-sp-connector <sp-connector> unable to parse metadata file /var/tmp/1498598319464.upload.

Impact

Generic message is logged. The message contains insufficient information for troubleshooting.

Conditions

Metadata import/export failure for SAML SP and IdP.

Workaround

There is no workaround.

Fix Information

This release enhances the error message logged during import/export failure of SAML SP or IdP metadata to provide additional info to help with troubleshooting. Examples: MCP Error01070712:3: apm aaa saml-sp-connector sp1 unable to parse metadata file /var/tmp/1506737815551.upload: invalid document structure . MCP Error01070712:3: apm aaa saml-sp-connector sp2 unable to parse metadata file /var/tmp/1506737894866.upload: unable to create converter for 'ABC' encoding. In addition, the SAX(XML parser) exception that is thrown is now modified to log the line number and column number of the location in the metadata file where exception occurred. Example: /var/tmp/mcpd.out - SAX Exception: line 1, char 40 message: invalid document structure.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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