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CVE-2017-6165

N/A
Published: October 20, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC
22 products affected across 2 vendorsBig IP Access Policy ManagerBig IP Application Security ManagerBig IP Advanced Firewall Manager

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe 11.5.1 HF6 through 11.5.4 HF4, 11.6.0 through 11.6.1 HF1, and 12.0.0 through 12.1.2 on VIPRION platforms only, the script which synchronizes SafeNet External Network HSM configuration elements between blades in a clustered deployment will log the HSM partition password in cleartext to the "/var/log/ltm" log file.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Big IP Access Policy Manager· F5
95%
11.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.411.6.011.6.112.0.012.1.012.1.112.1.2
f5-viprion-application-delivery-controller (environment)
Big IP Advanced Firewall Manager· F5
95%
11.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.411.6.011.6.112.0.012.1.012.1.112.1.2
f5-viprion-application-delivery-controller (environment)
Big IP Analytics· F5
95%
11.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.411.6.011.6.112.0.012.1.012.1.112.2.0
f5-viprion-application-delivery-controller (environment)
Big IP Application Acceleration Manager· F5
95%
11.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.411.6.011.6.112.0.012.1.012.1.112.1.2
f5-viprion-application-delivery-controller (environment)
Big IP Application Security Manager· F5
95%
11.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.411.6.011.6.112.0.012.1.012.1.112.1.2
f5-viprion-application-delivery-controller (environment)
Big IP Domain Name System· F5
95%
11.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.411.6.011.6.112.0.012.1.012.1.112.1.2
f5-viprion-application-delivery-controller (environment)
Big IP Global Traffic Manager· F5
95%
11.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.411.6.011.6.112.0.012.1.012.1.112.1.2
f5-viprion-application-delivery-controller (environment)
Big IP Link Controller· F5
95%
11.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.411.6.011.6.112.0.012.1.012.1.112.1.2
f5-viprion-application-delivery-controller (environment)
Big IP Local Traffic Manager· F5
95%
v ≤ 11.5.4v ≤ 11.6.1v ≤ 12.1.211.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.411.6.011.6.112.0.012.1.012.1.112.1.2
f5-viprion-application-delivery-controller (environment)
Big IP Policy Enforcement Manager· F5
95%
11.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.411.6.011.6.112.0.012.1.012.1.112.1.2
f5-viprion-application-delivery-controller (environment)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101543
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039638
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K74759095

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-532

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