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CVE-2023-41253 (GCVE-0-2023-41253)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-10 12:33 – Updated: 2024-09-18 20:35
VLAI
Title
BIG-IP DNS TSIG Key vulnerability
Summary
When on BIG-IP DNS or BIG-IP LTM enabled with DNS Services License, and a TSIG key is created, it is logged in plaintext in the audit log.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-18 20:29 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-532 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
F5 BIG-IP Unaffected: 17.1.0 , < * (semver)
Affected: 16.1.0 , < 16.1.4 (semver)
Affected: 15.1.0 , < 15.1.9 (semver)
Affected: 14.1.0 , < * (semver)
Affected: 13.1.0 , < * (semver)
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Date Public
2023-10-18 14:00
Credits
F5
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