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Vulnerability CVE-2017-6144
Published: 2017-10-20
Description: |
In F5 BIG-IP PEM 12.1.0 through 12.1.2 when downloading the Type Allocation Code (TAC) database file via HTTPS, the server's certificate is not verified. Attackers in a privileged network position may be able to launch a man-in-the-middle attack against these connections. TAC databases are used in BIG-IP PEM for Device Type and OS (DTOS) and Tethering detection. Customers not using BIG-IP PEM, not configuring downloads of TAC database files, or not using HTTP for that download are not affected. |
Type:
CWE-295 (Certificate Issues)
CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
CVSS Base Score |
Impact Subscore |
Exploitability Subscore |
5.8/10 |
4.9/10 |
8.6/10 |
Exploit range |
Attack complexity |
Authentication |
Remote |
Medium |
No required |
Confidentiality impact |
Integrity impact |
Availability impact |
Partial |
Partial |
None |
References: |
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K81601350
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