PT-2020-18791 · F5 · F5 Big-Iq+1

Published 2020-04-30 · Updated 2020-05-06 · CVE-2020-5890

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 F5 BIG-IP versions 12.1.0 through 12.1.5.1 F5 BIG-IP versions 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3 F5 BIG-IP versions 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3 F5 BIG-IP versions 15.0.0 through 15.0.1 F5 BIG-IQ versions 5.2.0 through 7.1.0

Description The issue concerns the creation of a QKView on affected F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ versions. When creating a QKView, credentials for binding to LDAP servers used for remote authentication of the BIG-IP administrative interface will not fully obfuscate if they contain whitespace.

Recommendations For F5 BIG-IP versions 12.1.0 through 12.1.5.1, consider disabling the QKView creation feature until a patch is available. For F5 BIG-IP versions 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3, consider disabling the QKView creation feature until a patch is available. For F5 BIG-IP versions 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3, consider disabling the QKView creation feature until a patch is available. For F5 BIG-IP versions 15.0.0 through 15.0.1, consider disabling the QKView creation feature until a patch is available. For F5 BIG-IQ versions 5.2.0 through 7.1.0, consider disabling the QKView creation feature until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-5890

Affected Products

F5 Big-Ip

F5 Big-Iq

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5890 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K03318649 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5890 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/3477 · Telegram Post