Bug ID 704643: Backslashes preceding a forward slash are mistakenly doubled in regular expression within Signature rule

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 14.0.0, 14.0.0.1, 14.0.0.2, 14.0.0.3, 14.0.0.4, 14.0.0.5, 14.0.1

Fixed In:
14.1.0, 14.0.1.1, 13.1.0.8

Opened: Feb 01, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When adding or modifying a user-defined Attack Signature in Simple Edit Mode, backslashes preceding a forward slash are mistakenly doubled in regular expression keywords within the Signature.

Impact

The backslash escaping the forward slash is doubled, which changes the enforced signature rule.

Conditions

-- Add or modify a user-defined Attack Signature with a regular expression keyword containing an escaped forward slash in Simple Edit Mode.

Workaround

Create or modify the Signature rule using Advanced Edit Mode.

Fix Information

When adding or modifying a user-defined Attack Signature in Simple Edit Mode, backslashes preceding a forward slash are handled correctly in regular expression keywords within the Signature rule.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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