National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1493

Overview

F5 BIG-IP appliances 9.x before 9.4.8-HF5, 10.x before 10.2.4, 11.0.x before 11.0.0-HF2, and 11.1.x before 11.1.0-HF3, and Enterprise Manager before 2.1.0-HF2, 2.2.x before 2.2.0-HF1, and 2.3.x before 2.3.0-HF3, use a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH logins via the PubkeyAuthentication option.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: MISC

Name: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb

External Source: MISC

Name: https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt

Hyperlink:https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/

Hyperlink:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html