PT-2019-18183 · F5 · Big-Ip

Published 2019-03-13 · Updated 2023-02-10 · CVE-2019-6601

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BIG-IP versions 11.5.1 through 11.5.8 BIG-IP versions 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.2 BIG-IP versions 12.1.0 through 12.1.3.7 BIG-IP version 13.0.0

Description The Application Acceleration Manager (AAM) wamd process in BIG-IP fails to drop group permissions when executing helper scripts, specifically when processing images and PDFs.

Recommendations For BIG-IP versions 11.5.1 through 11.5.8, update to a version that fixes the issue with the wamd process. For BIG-IP versions 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.2, update to a version that fixes the issue with the wamd process. For BIG-IP versions 12.1.0 through 12.1.3.7, update to a version that fixes the issue with the wamd process. For BIG-IP version 13.0.0, update to a version that fixes the issue with the wamd process.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-6601

Affected Products

Big-Ip

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-6601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K25359902 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6601 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/107444 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/44074 · Telegram Post