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F5 | 940733
Downgrading a FIPS-enabled BIG-IP system or running big3d_install results in a system halt
Last update date:
4/26/2024
Affected products:
BIG-IP
BIG-IP All
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade
Affected releases:
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
Fixed releases:
No fixed releases provided.
Description:
Bug ID 940733: Downgrading a FIPS-enabled BIG-IP system or running big3d_install results in a system halt ... Symptoms ... The system fails during the boot-up process, reports a libcrypto validation error, and the system halts. ... The console will show this error: Power-up self-test failures: OpenSSL: Integrity test failed for libcrypto.so This occurs after one of the following: -- Upgrading a FIPS-enabled BIG-IP system, booting to a volume running an earlier software version -- Running big3d_install from a BIG-IP GTM configuration to a BIG-IP LTM On a FIPS-licensed BIG-IP LTM configuration, when checking the big3d version you may see something similar to this: /shared/bin/big3d -V fips.c:204:f5_get_library_path: failed to ... Impact ... System boots to a halted state or big3d may continuously restart. ... Conditions ... Before booting to the volume with the earlier version, delete /shared/bin/big3d. ... DNS/GTM is not FIPS-certified. ... If the target software volume has already e...
