Bug ID 689540: The same DOS attack generates new signatures even if there are signatures generated during previous attacks.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP AFM, ASM(all modules)

Fixed In:
14.0.0, 13.1.1.2

Opened: Oct 19, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The same DOS attack generates new signatures even if there are signatures generated during previous attacks.

Impact

Generated redundant useless signatures.

Conditions

Repeated DOS attack with the same attacking traffic

Workaround

There is no workaround at this time.

Fix Information

Prevent generation of new signatures handles requests which are already covered by the old ones.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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