F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF/ASM up to 13.1.5.0/14.1.5.0/15.1.6.0/16.1.3.0 iControl REST command injection

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A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM up to 13.1.5.0/14.1.5.0/15.1.6.0/16.1.3.0. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component iControl REST Handler. The manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-41617. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM up to 13.1.5.0/14.1.5.0/15.1.6.0/16.1.3.0 (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component iControl REST Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In versions 16.1.x before 16.1.3.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.6.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.1, and 13.1.x before 13.1.5.1, When the Advanced WAF / ASM module is provisioned, an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP iControl REST interface.

The weakness was released 10/20/2022 as K11830089. It is possible to read the advisory at support.f5.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-41617 since 09/30/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 13.1.5.1, 14.1.5.1, 15.1.6.1 or 16.1.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• F5

Name

• ASM
• BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Version

• 13.1.0
• 13.1.1
• 13.1.2
• 13.1.3
• 13.1.4
• 13.1.5.0
• 14.1.0
• 14.1.1
• 14.1.2
• 14.1.3
• 14.1.4
• 14.1.5.0
• 15.1.0
• 15.1.1
• 15.1.2
• 15.1.3
• 15.1.4
• 15.1.5
• 15.1.6.0
• 16.1.0
• 16.1.1
• 16.1.2
• 16.1.3.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://f5.com/

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