Vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
CVE-2017-6145
iControl REST in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe 12.0.0 through 12.1.2 and 13.0.0 includes a service to convert authorization BIGIPAuthCookie cookies to X-F5-Auth-Token tokens. This service does not properly re-validate cookies when making that conversion, allowing once-valid but now expired cookies to be converted to valid tokens.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (63.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager — versions 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
- F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager — versions 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
- F5 Big-Ip Analytics — versions 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
- F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager — versions 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
- F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager — versions 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
- F5 Big-Ip Domain Name System — versions 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
- F5 Big-Ip Link Controller — versions 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
- F5 Big-Ip Local Traffic Manager — versions 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
- F5 Big-Ip Policy Enforcement Manager — versions 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
- F5 Big-Ip Websafe — versions 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K22317030 (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-6145?
- CVE-2017-6145 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2017-10-20.
- How severe is CVE-2017-6145?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.