CVE-2018-5506

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

In F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.2, 11.6.1, 11.5.1-11.5.5, or 11.2.1 the Apache modules apache_auth_token_mod and mod_auth_f5_auth_token.cpp allow possible unauthenticated bruteforce on the em_server_ip authorization parameter to obtain which SSL client certificates used for mutual authentication between BIG-IQ or Enterprise Manager (EM) and managed BIG-IP devices.

In F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.2, 11.6.1, 11.5.1-11.5.5, or 11.2.1 the Apache modules apache_auth_token_mod and mod_auth_f5_auth_token.cpp allow possible unauthenticated bruteforce on the em_server_ip authorization parameter to obtain which SSL client certificates used for mutual authentication between BIG-IQ or Enterprise Manager (EM) and managed BIG-IP devices.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

F5

First reported 7 years ago

2018-04-13 13:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

F5 Networks BIGIP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) 11.2.1

11.2.1

F5 Networks Big-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)

F5 Networks BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager 11.6.1

11.6.1

F5 Big-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) 13.0.0

13.0.0

F5 Big-IP Application Acceleration Manager (AAM) 11.2.1

11.2.1

F5 Big-IP Application Acceleration Manager (AAM)

F5 Networks BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager 11.6.1

11.6.1

F5 Big-IP Application Acceleration Manager (AAM) 13.0.0

13.0.0

F5 Networks BIGIP Advanced Firewall Manager 11.2.1

11.2.1

F5 Big-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)

F5 Networks BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager 11.6.1

11.6.1

F5 Big-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) 13.0.0

13.0.0

F5 Networks BIGIP Analytics 11.2.1

11.2.1

F5 Big-IP Analytics

F5 Networks BIG-IP Analytics 11.6.1

11.6.1

F5 Big-IP Analytics 13.0.0

13.0.0

F5 Big-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) 11.2.1

11.2.1

F5 Big-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

F5 Networks BIG-IP Access Policy Manager 11.6.1

11.6.1

F5 Big-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) 13.0.0

13.0.0

F5 Networks BIG-IP Application Security Manager 11.2.1

11.2.1

F5 Big-IP Application Security Manager (ASM)

F5 Networks BIG-IP Application Security Manager 11.6.1

11.6.1

F5 Big-IP Application Security Manager (ASM) 13.0.0

13.0.0

F5 BIG-IP IP Edge Gateway 11.2.1

11.2.1

F5 Big-IP Edge Gateway

F5 Big-IP Edge Gateway 11.6.1

11.6.1

F5 Big-IP Edge Gateway 13.0.0

13.0.0

F5 Networks BIGIP Global Traffic Manager 11.2.1

11.2.1

F5 Big-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM)

F5 Networks BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager 11.6.1

11.6.1

F5 Big-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM) 13.0.0

13.0.0

F5 Networks BIGIP Link Controller 11.2.1

11.2.1

F5 Big-IP Link Controller

F5 Networks BIG-IP Link Controller 11.6.1

11.6.1

F5 Big-IP Link Controller 13.0.0

13.0.0

F5 Big-IP Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM) 11.2.1

11.2.1

F5 Big-IP Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM)

F5 Networks BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager 11.6.1

11.6.1

F5 Big-IP Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM) 13.0.0

13.0.0

F5 Networks BIGIP WebAccelerator 11.2.1

11.2.1

F5 Big-IP WebAccelerator

F5 Big-IP WebAccelerator 11.6.1

11.6.1

F5 Big-IP WebAccelerator 13.0.0

13.0.0

F5 BIG-IP WebSafe 11.6.1

11.6.1

F5 BIG-IP WebSafe 13.0.0

13.0.0

F5 Big-IP Domain Name System (DNS) 11.2.1

11.2.1

F5 Big-IP Domain Name System (DNS)

F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System 11.6.1

11.6.1

F5 Big-IP Domain Name System (DNS) 13.0.0

13.0.0

References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K65355492

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