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CVE-2017-6143 (GCVE-0-2017-6143)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-13 13:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:18
VLAI
Summary
X509 certificate verification was not correctly implemented in the IP Intelligence Subscription and IP Intelligence feed-list features, and thus the remote server's identity is not properly validated in F5 BIG-IP 12.0.0-12.1.2, 11.6.0-11.6.2, or 11.5.0-11.5.5.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • MITM
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K11464209 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AFM, ASM) Affected: 12.0.0-12.1.2
Affected: 11.6.0-11.6.2
Affected: 11.5.0-11.5.5
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Date Public
2018-04-12 00:00
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