CVE-2022-41983 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Severity

37%

Complexity

22%

Confidentiality

23%

On specific hardware platforms, on BIG-IP versions 16.1.x before 16.1.3.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.7, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.1, and all versions of 13.1.x, while Intel QAT (QuickAssist Technology) and the AES-GCM/CCM cipher is in use, undisclosed conditions can cause BIG-IP to send data unencrypted even with an SSL Profile applied.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.7. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Demo Examples

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

CWE-319

The following code attempts to establish a connection to a site to communicate sensitive information.


               
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hu.disconnect();
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Though a connection is successfully made, the connection is unencrypted and it is possible that all sensitive data sent to or received from the server will be read by unintended actors.

Overview

Type

F5

First reported 2 years ago

2022-10-19 22:15:00

Last updated 2 years ago

2022-10-24 15:57:00

Affected Software

F5 Big-IP Analytics

F5 Big-IP Link Controller

F5 Networks Big-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)

F5 Big-IP Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM)

F5 Big-IP Application Security Manager (ASM)

F5 Big-IP Application Acceleration Manager (AAM)

F5 Big-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)

F5 Big-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

F5 Big-IP Domain Name System (DNS)

F5 Big-IP Fraud Protection Service (FPS)

F5 Big-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM)

F5 Big-IP WebAccelerator

F5 Big-IP Edge Gateway

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