Vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP and Enterprise Manager's SNMPv3 User Authentication
CVE-2018-15328

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
F5
Status
Big-ip (ltm, Aam, Afm, Analytics, Apm, Asm, Dns, Edge Gateway, Fps, Gtm, Link Controller, Pem, Webaccelerator), Enterprise Manager, Big-iq Centralized Management, F5 Iworkflow
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 December 2018

Summary

In certain versions of F5’s BIG-IP, Enterprise Manager, and BIG-IQ, there exists a vulnerability that exposes SNMPv3 user passphrases and trap destinations in plaintext within various configuration files. This flaw arises because the Secure Vault feature fails to properly secure these critical credentials, leading to potential unauthorized access and security breaches.

Affected Version(s)

BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, FPS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator), Enterprise Manager, BIG-IQ Centralized Management, F5 iWorkflow BIG-IP 14.0.x, 13.x, 12.x, 11.x

BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, FPS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator), Enterprise Manager, BIG-IQ Centralized Management, F5 iWorkflow EM 3.1.1

BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, FPS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator), Enterprise Manager, BIG-IQ Centralized Management, F5 iWorkflow BIG-IQ 6.x, 5.x, 4.x

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106258
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https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K42027747
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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