Critical [CVE-2021-23005] BIG-IQ: On all 7.x and 6.x versions (fixed in 8.0.0)
This critical-severity F5 advisory covers CVE-2021-23005 affecting BIG-IQ.
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Summary
On all 7.x and 6.x versions (fixed in 8.0.0), when using a Quorum device for BIG-IQ high availability (HA) for automatic failover, BIG-IQ does not make use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) with the Corosync protocol. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.
Affected versions
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Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 8.0.0. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
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