SB2017102003 - Information disclosure in F5 BIG-IP

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SB2017102003 - Information disclosure in F5 BIG-IP

Published: October 20, 2017 Updated: October 26, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017102003
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6165)

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists in F5 BIG-IP running on VIPRIONi  due to the '/usr/bin/safenet-sync.sh' script to synchronize SafeNet External Network hardware security module (HSM) configuration elements between blades in a clustered deployment writes the HSM partition password in cleartext to the '/var/log/ltm' log file. A local attacker can obtain the SafeNet External Network HSM password.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References