CVE-2017-6168 Weak cryptography in n/a
Attackers can recover plaintext or perform man-in-the-middle attacks via Bleichenbacher vulnerability in Client SSL profiles on BIG-IP devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-6168?
CVE-2017-6168 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Analytics, published on 17 Nov 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
On BIG-IP versions 11.6.0-11.6.2 (fixed in 11.6.2 HF1), 12.0.0-12.1.2 HF1 (fixed in 12.1.2 HF2), or 13.0.0-13.0.0 HF2 (fixed in 13.0.0 HF3) a virtual server configured with a Client SSL profile may be vulnerable to an Adaptive Chosen Ciphertext attack (AKA Bleichenbacher attack) against RSA, which when exploited, may result in plaintext recovery of encrypted messages and/or a Man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack, despite the attacker not having gained access to the server's private key itself, aka a ROBOT attack.
Weakness: CWE-203
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6168?
It affects 9 products.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Afm, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Apm, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Asm, F5 Big-Ip Link Controller and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6168?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6168 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-6168 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-6168 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Analytics
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j523-gf5p-f8pm.