Bug ID 752942: Live Update cannot be used by Administrator users other than 'admin' and 'root'

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.0, 14.1.0.1

Fixed In:
15.0.0, 14.1.0.2

Opened: Dec 13, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When users configured with the Administrator role log into the system, they are not allowed to install security update files on the new live-update page: System :: Software Management : Live Update

Impact

Cannot apply security updates.

Conditions

Logged in BIG-IP user is not 'admin' (the built-in Administrator account for the TMUI) or 'root' (the built-in Administrator account for the TMSH).

Workaround

To install the security updates, log in as 'admin' or a BIG-IP user configured as a web-application-security-administrator or web-application-security-editor (role must be configured on all partitions or at least on the Common partition).

Fix Information

Any BIG-IP user configured as Administrator can now apply security updates.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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