Raccoon attack against TLS implementation in F5 BIG-IP



Published: 2020-12-17

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Raccoon attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU46573

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1968

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a timing flaw in the TLS specification. A remote attacker can compute the pre-master secret in connections which have used a Diffie-Hellman (DH) based ciphersuite and eavesdrop on all encrypted communications sent over that TLS connection.

Note: The attack can only be exploited if an implementation re-uses a DH secret across multiple TLS connections.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

BIG-IP Link Controller: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

BIG-IP GTM: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

BIG-IP DNS: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

BIG-IP ASM: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

BIG-IP APM: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

BIG-IP Analytics: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

BIG-IP AFM: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

BIG-IP AAM: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

BIG-IP LTM: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

BIG-IP: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

BIG-IP SSLO: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

BIG-IP DDHD: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

BIG-IP Advanced WAF: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

BIG-IP PEM: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

BIG-IP FPS: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1

External links

http://support.f5.com/csp/article/K92451315


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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