Description
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.
Published: 2017-02-20
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7179 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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F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager Big-ip Analytics Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager Big-ip Application Security Manager Big-ip Domain Name System Big-ip Global Traffic Manager Big-ip Link Controller Big-ip Local Traffic Manager Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager Big-ip Websafe
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: f5

Published:

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

Reserved: 2016-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

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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