Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS
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, 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
Fixed In:
14.0.0, 13.1.1.2, 12.1.4
Opened: Oct 30, 2017 Severity: 2-Critical
When a virtual server uses an LDAP auth profile for client authentication, the system can get into a state where all authentications time out. This condition persists until tamd restarts. Traffic analysis between the BIG-IP system and the LDAP server shows that the BIG-IP system makes a TCP handshake with the server, then immediately sends FIN. Tamd cores may be seen.
Authentication to the virtual server fails until tamd is restarted.
-- Virtual server using LDAP auth profile. -- BIG-IP system makes a TCP handshake with the server, then immediately sends FIN.
To recover, restart tamd by running the following command: bigstart restart tamd
tamd no longer becomes stuck when using LDAP client auth.