Last Modified: May 16, 2025
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All
Known Affected Versions:
16.0.1.1, 15.1.3, 15.1.2.1, 14.1.4.3, 14.1.4.2, 14.1.4.1, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2.3
Fixed In:
16.1.0, 16.0.1.2, 15.1.4, 14.1.4.4
Opened: Dec 08, 2020 Severity: 2-Critical Related Article:
K03310534
On iSeries platforms, the LCD continuously displays secure mode and does not respond to user input.
The LCD does not respond to user input. The LCD continuously displays secure mode. The /var/log/touchscreen_lcd fills up with error messages: -- err lcdui[1236]: URL: http://127.4.2.1/mgmt/tm/sys/failover, result: 'Host requires authentication' (204), HTTP method 2, status 401. The restjavad-audit.*.log may contain similar messages [I][19005][18 Mar 2021 21:25:02 UTC][ForwarderPassThroughWorker] {"user":"local/null","method":"GET","uri":"http://localhost:8100/mgmt/shared/identified-devices/config/device-info","status":401,"from":"127.4.2.2"} [I][19007][18 Mar 2021 21:25:02 UTC][ForwarderPassThroughWorker] {"user":"local/null","method":"GET","uri":"http://localhost:8100/mgmt/tm/sys/global-settings","status":401,"from":"127.4.2.2"} [I][19009][18 Mar 2021 21:25:02 UTC][ForwarderPassThroughWorker] {"user":"local/null","method":"GET","uri":"http://localhost:8100/mgmt/tm/sys/failover","status":401,"from":"127.4.2.2"}
This occurs if the admin password is anything other than the default on iSeries platforms.
None
The LCD now functions normally, and no authentication errors appear in the logs.