Bug ID 875373: Unable to add domain with leading '.' through webUI, but works with tmsh.

Last Modified: Jan 20, 2023

Bug Tracker

Affected Product:  See more info
BIG-IP ASM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
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, 14.1.5.1, 14.1.5.2, 14.1.5.3, 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, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.2.1, 15.1.3, 15.1.3.1, 15.1.4, 15.1.4.1, 15.1.5, 15.1.5.1, 15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1

Fixed In:
16.0.0

Opened: Jan 31, 2020
Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

It is possible to create certain domain matches with leading dot '.' in tmsh, but not in the GUI.

Impact

You are unable to use the GUI to create custom bot-defense signatures.

Conditions

Advanced WAF bot signature configuration with domain with a leading . character.

Workaround

Use tmsh to add custom bot-defense signatures as follows: tmsh create security bot-defense signature ockerdocker category Crawler domains add {.ockerdocker} rule "headercontent:\"Google_Analytics_Snippet_Validator\"; useragentonly; nocase;"

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change