CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-6640

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Jul 03, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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On BIG-IP 14.1.0-14.1.0.5, 14.0.0-14.0.0.4, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.1-11.5.8, SNMP exposes sensitive configuration objects over insecure transmission channels. This issue is exposed when a passphrase is inserted into various profile types and accessed using SNMPv2.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Big-ip_local_traffic_managerF511.5.1 (including)11.5.9 (excluding)
Big-ip_local_traffic_managerF511.6.1 (including)11.6.3 (excluding)
Big-ip_local_traffic_managerF512.1.0 (including)12.1.4.1 (excluding)
Big-ip_local_traffic_managerF513.0.0 (including)13.1.1.5 (excluding)
Big-ip_local_traffic_managerF514.0.0 (including)14.0.0.5 (excluding)
Big-ip_local_traffic_managerF514.1.0 (including)14.1.0.6 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References