Medium [CVE-2022-28859] On F5 BIG-IP 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1 and 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6
This medium-severity F5 advisory covers CVE-2022-28859 affecting BIG-IP.
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Summary
On F5 BIG-IP 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1 and 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, when installing Net HSM, the scripts (nethsm-safenet-install.sh and nethsm-thales-install.sh) expose the Net HSM partition password. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
- 15.1
- 15.1.5.1
- 14.1
- 14.1.4.6
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
- 15.1.5.1
- 14.1.4.6
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 15.1.5.1, 14.1.4.6. 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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