Information disclosure in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management - CVE-2019-6688
Published: December 24, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23804
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6688
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: F5 Networks
Affected software:
BIG-IP
BIG-IQ Centralized Management
BIG-IP
BIG-IQ Centralized Management
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to unspecified error that allows an SNMP user to obtain the secret used to encrypt the BIG-IP UCS backup file. A remote user can gain access to sensitive information and use it to perform further attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6688
Install updates from vendor's website.