Vigil@nce - F5 BIG-IP: Man-in-the-Middle via a wrong X.509 validation
March 2018 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can act as a Man-in-the-Middle againt F5 BIG-IP, in
order to read or write data in the session.
Impacted products: BIG-IP Hardware, TMOS.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 19/01/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The F5 BIG-IP product uses the TLS/IPsec protocol, in order to
create secure sessions.
However, the X.509 certificate and the service identity are not
correctly checked.
An attacker can therefore act as a Man-in-the-Middle againt F5
BIG-IP, in order to read or write data in the session.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/F5-BIG-IP-Man-in-the-Middle-via-a-wrong-X-509-validation-25125