CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-27636

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: May 05, 2022 | Modified: Jan 24, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

On F5 BIG-IP APM 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5, and all versions of 12.1.x and 11.6.x, as well as F5 BIG-IP APM Clients 7.x versions prior to 7.2.1.5, BIG-IP Edge Client may log sensitive APM session-related information when VPN is launched on a Windows system. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Weakness

Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 11.6.1 (including) 11.6.1 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 11.6.2 (including) 11.6.2 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 11.6.3 (including) 11.6.3 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 11.6.4 (including) 11.6.4 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 11.6.5 (including) 11.6.5 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 12.1.0 (including) 12.1.0 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 12.1.1 (including) 12.1.1 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 12.1.2 (including) 12.1.2 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 12.1.3 (including) 12.1.3 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 12.1.4 (including) 12.1.4 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 12.1.5 (including) 12.1.5 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 12.1.6 (including) 12.1.6 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 13.1.0 (including) 13.1.0 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 13.1.1 (including) 13.1.1 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 13.1.2 (including) 13.1.2 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 13.1.3 (including) 13.1.3 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 13.1.4 (including) 13.1.4 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 13.1.5 (including) 13.1.5 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 14.1.0 (including) 14.1.0 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 14.1.2 (including) 14.1.2 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 14.1.3 (including) 14.1.3 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 14.1.4 (including) 14.1.4 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 15.1.0 (including) 15.1.0 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 15.1.1 (including) 15.1.1 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 15.1.2 (including) 15.1.2 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 15.1.3 (including) 15.1.3 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 15.1.4 (including) 15.1.4 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 15.1.5 (including) 15.1.5 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 16.1.0 (including) 16.1.0 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 16.1.1 (including) 16.1.1 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 16.1.2 (including) 16.1.2 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager_client F5 7.1.6 (including) 7.2.1 (including)

Extended Description

While logging all information may be helpful during development stages, it is important that logging levels be set appropriately before a product ships so that sensitive user data and system information are not accidentally exposed to potential attackers. Different log files may be produced and stored for:

Potential Mitigations

References