Vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager
CVE-2017-6142
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.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager — versions 13.0.0
- F5 Networks, Inc. Big-Ip Afm — versions 12.1.0 - 12.1.2, 11.6.0 - 11.6.2, 13.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K20682450 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040255 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-6142?
- CVE-2017-6142 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-01-19.
- How severe is CVE-2017-6142?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.