Bug ID 839245: IPother profile with SNAT sets egress TTL to 255

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP None(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1, 13.1.3.1, 13.1.3.2, 13.1.3.3, 13.1.3.4, 13.1.3.5, 13.1.3.6, 13.1.4, 13.1.4.1, 13.1.5, 13.1.5.1, 14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.0.1

Fixed In:
16.0.0, 15.1.0.2, 14.1.2.5

Opened: Oct 16, 2019

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

BIG-IP may set TTL to 255 on forwarded packets.

Impact

Traffic leaves with egress TTL set to 255.

Conditions

Virtual-server with ipother profile and SNAT configured.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

TTL is now decremented by 1 on forwarded packets.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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