PT-2017-16927 · F5 · Big-Ip

Published 2017-11-17 · Updated 2021-09-23 · CVE-2017-6168

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.4

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BIG-IP versions 11.6.0 through 11.6.2 BIG-IP versions 12.0.0 through 12.1.2 HF1 BIG-IP versions 13.0.0 through 13.0.0 HF2

Description The issue allows for an Adaptive Chosen Ciphertext attack, also known as a Bleichenbacher attack, against RSA. This can result in plaintext recovery of encrypted messages and/or a Man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack, without the attacker needing access to the server's private key. This type of attack is referred to as a ROBOT attack.

Recommendations For BIG-IP versions 11.6.0 through 11.6.2, update to 11.6.2 HF1. For BIG-IP versions 12.0.0 through 12.1.2 HF1, update to 12.1.2 HF2. For BIG-IP versions 13.0.0 through 13.0.0 HF2, update to 13.0.0 HF3.

Exploit

Fix

Side Channel Attack

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-203

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6168

Affected Products

Big-Ip

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ssl/bleichenbacher_oracle.py · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6168 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6168 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K21905460 · Vendor Advisory
• https://robotattack.org · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039839 · Note
• https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/144389 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101901 · Note