F5 BIG-IP 12.0.0 and 11.5.0 - 11.6.1 REST requests which timeout during user account authentication may log sensitive attributes such as passwords in plaintext to /var/log/restjavad.0.log. It may allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: f5

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.654Z

Reserved: 2016-07-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6249

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-20T15:59:00.170

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-6249

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