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CVE-2023-43125 (GCVE-0-2023-43125)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-27 15:22 – Updated: 2024-09-24 13:13
VLAI
Title
BIG-IP APM Clients TunnelCrack vulnerability
Summary
BIG-IP APM clients may send IP traffic outside of the VPN tunnel.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-24 13:13 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
F5 BIG-IP Edge Client Affected: 7.2.3 , < * (semver)
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F5 F5 Access Affected: 3.0 , < * (semver)
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Date Public
2023-09-27 14:00
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Related by attack behaviour

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