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FKIE_CVE-2017-6142

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-01-19 14:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:21

Severity

4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

X509 certificate verification was not correctly implemented in the early access "user id" feature in the F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager versions 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.2, and 11.6.0-11.6.2, and thus did not properly validate the remote server's identity on certain versions of BIG-IP.

References

URL	Tags
f5sirt@f5.com	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040255	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
f5sirt@f5.com	https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K20682450	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040255	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K20682450	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	*
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	*
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	13.0.0

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CVE-2017-6142 (GCVE-0-2017-6142)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-19 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:01

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Failed certificate validation

Assigner

f5 mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K20682450	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040255	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
F5 Networks, Inc.	BIG-IP AFM	Affected: 13.0.0 Affected: 12.1.0 - 12.1.2 Affected: 11.6.0 - 11.6.2

Date Public

2018-01-18 00:00

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Sightings

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