Host IPS 8.0 time-based password is overwritten
Technical Articles ID:
KB81286
Last Modified: 1/14/2020
Last Modified: 1/14/2020
Host IPS 8.0 time-based password is overwritten
Technical Articles ID:
KB81286
Last Modified: 1/14/2020 Environment
McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention (Host IPS) 8.0 Patch 3 and 4
ProblemHost IPS ClientUI time-based passwords have an expiration date and time that the Host IPS administrator determines. The password is generated from the Host IPS policy in ePolicy Orchestrator (
Sometimes, time-based passwords become invalid or expire before the configured expiration date and time.
Cause
A code update in Patch 3 and 4 causes the expiration date and time to be overwritten. This overwrite causes a previously issued time-based password to be invalid, or expired.
Solution
This issue is resolved in Host IPS 8.0 Patch 4 Hotfix 917046. For details, see Host IPS Hotfix 917046 Release Notes.
WorkaroundYou can only issue one Host IPS Client UI time-based password at a time.
Workaround Scenario 1
Creating and issuing a successive Time-Based password causes the previous time-based password to be invalid, even though the expiration date/time is still valid.
Workaround
The Host IPS Client UI administrator password is unaffected by this defect. In a critical situation, the administrator password can be issued to the user, and the administrator password can then be reset.
Related Information
KB79478 - Time-based password functionality does not work correctly with the Host IPS 8.0.3.762 extension.
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