NetSight
medium6.0

CVE-2023-3470

Specific F5 BIG-IP platforms with Cavium Nitrox FIPS HSM cards generate a deterministic password for the Crypto User account.

Impact

Specific F5 BIG-IP platforms with Cavium Nitrox FIPS HSM cards generate a deterministic password for the Crypto User account.  The predictable nature of the password allows an authenticated user with TMSH access to the BIG-IP system, or anyone with physical access to the FIPS HSM, the information required to generate the correct password.  On vCMP systems, all Guests share the same deterministic password, allowing those with TMSH access on one Guest to access keys of a different Guest. The following BIG-IP hardware platforms are affected: 10350v-F, i5820-DF, i7820-DF, i15820-DF, 5250v-F, 7200v-F, 10200v-F, 6900-F, 8900-F, 11000-F, and 11050-F. The BIG-IP rSeries r5920-DF and r10920-DF are not affected, nor does the issue affect software FIPS implementations or network HSM configurations. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
F5Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.4
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
Version 15.1.0
F5Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.4
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
Version 15.1.0
F5Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.4
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
Version 15.1.0
F5Big-Ip Analytics
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.4
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
Version 15.1.0
F5Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.4
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
Version 15.1.0
F5Big-Ip Application Security Manager
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.4
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
Version 15.1.0
F5Big-Ip Application Visibility And Reporting
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.4
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
Version 15.1.0
F5Big-Ip Carrier-Grade Nat
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.4
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
Version 15.1.0
F5Big-Ip Ddos Hybrid Defender
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.4
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
Version 15.1.0
F5Big-Ip Domain Name System
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.4
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
Version 15.1.0
F5Big-Ip Edge Gateway
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.4
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
Version 15.1.0
F5Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.4
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
Version 15.1.0

Weakness classification

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