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F5 Networks: K74759095 (CVE-2017-6165): SafeNet External Network HSM script vulnerability CVE-2017-6165

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F5 Networks: K74759095 (CVE-2017-6165): SafeNet External Network HSM script vulnerability CVE-2017-6165

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/19/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/07/2018
Modified
06/07/2018

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.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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