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F5 Networks: K38941195 (CVE-2019-6617): BIG-IP Resource Administrator vulnerability CVE-2019-6617

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F5 Networks: K38941195 (CVE-2019-6617): BIG-IP Resource Administrator vulnerability CVE-2019-6617

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/30/2019
Created
05/03/2019
Added
05/01/2019
Modified
02/17/2023

Description

On BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.2-11.5.8, a user with the Resource Administrator role is able to overwrite sensitive low-level files (such as /etc/passwd) using SFTP to modify user permissions, without Advanced Shell access. This is contrary to our definition for the Resource Administrator (RA) role restrictions.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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