Bug ID 862693: PAM_RHOST not set when authenticating BIG-IP using iControl REST

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6, 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, 13.1.1.2, 13.1.1.3, 13.1.1.4, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.3, 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, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 14.1.4, 14.1.4.1, 14.1.4.2, 14.1.4.3, 14.1.4.4, 14.1.4.5, 14.1.4.6, 14.1.5, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4

Fixed In:
16.0.0, 15.1.6.1, 14.1.5.1

Opened: Dec 17, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The missing PAM_RHOST setting causes the radius packet to go out without the calling-station-id avp

Impact

Remote authentication using iControl REST is not allowed based on calling-station-id

Conditions

1. Configure radius server and add it to BIG-IP tmsh create auth radius system-auth servers add { myrad } 2. modify auth source type to radius tmsh modify auth source { type radius } 3. try to authenticate to BIG-IP using iControl REST

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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