SB2012071003 - Credentials management in Enterprise Manager

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Credentials management (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1493)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

F5 BIG-IP appliances 9.x before 9.4.8-HF5, 10.x before 10.2.4, 11.0.x before 11.0.0-HF2, and 11.1.x before 11.1.0-HF3, and Enterprise Manager before 2.1.0-HF2, 2.2.x before 2.2.0-HF1, and 2.3.x before 2.3.0-HF3, use a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH logins via the PubkeyAuthentication option.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/
• https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb
• https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt