SB2017102406 - Man-in-the-middle in F5 BIG-IP PEM
Published: October 24, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017102406
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Man-in-the-middle attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6144)
CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to conduct MITM-attack.
The weakness exists due to improper verification of certificates when the Type Allocation Code (TAC) database file is download via HTTPS. An adjacent attacker can use man-in-the-middle techniques to monitor the traffic from a user attempting to download the TAC database file via HTTPS and access or modify sensitive information in the TAC database file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.