Medium severity · published Jan 19, 2018
CVE-2017-6142
X509 certificate verification was not correctly implemented in the early access "user id" feature in the F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager versions 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.2, and…
4.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
X509 certificate verification was not correctly implemented in the early access "user id" feature in the F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager versions 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.2, and 11.6.0-11.6.2, and thus did not properly validate the remote server's identity on certain versions of BIG-IP.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager · F5
11.6.0 through 11.6.2; 12.1.0 through 12.1.2; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6142
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6142
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040255
Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K20682450
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