Bug ID 715785: Incorrect encryption error for monitors during sync or upgrade

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
14.0.0, 13.1.0

Fixed In:
14.1.0, 14.0.0.5, 13.1.1.2

Opened: Apr 18, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The system logs an error message similar to the following in /var/log/ltm: err mcpd[6823]: 01071768:3: Encryption of the field (password) for object (<monitor name>) failed. This may cause a configuration sync to fail, or an upgrade to fail.

Impact

Inability to sync peer devices, or an inability to upgrade.

Conditions

The exact conditions are unknown, however it may occur under these circumstances: -- Performing a config sync operation. -- Performing an upgrade.

Workaround

There is no workaround at this time.

Fix Information

This error is no longer triggered erroneously.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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