High [CVE-2023-38418 +1] The BIG-IP Edge Client Installer on macOS does not follow best practices for elevating privileges during the installation process
This high-severity F5 advisory covers CVE-2023-38418 and CVE-2023-43611 affecting BIG-IP.
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Summary
The BIG-IP Edge Client Installer on macOS does not follow best practices for elevating privileges during the installation process. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-38418.
Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
Affected versions
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Mitigation
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