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F5 FirePass 4100 SSL VPN "username" Command Injection
Secunia Advisory: SA25563
Release Date: 2007-06-06
Last Update: 2007-06-11
Popularity: 5,879 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

OS:FirePass 5.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-3097


Description:
Leonardo Nve has reported a vulnerability in F5 FirePass 4100 SSL VPN, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "username" parameter in my.activation.php3 is not properly sanitised before being used when executing shell commands. Under certain circumstances, this can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands.

The vulnerability is reported in F5 FirePass 4100 SSL VPN. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Apply hotfix HF-75705-76003-1 or later.
https://downloads.f5.com/esd/index.jsp

Provided and/or discovered by:
Leonardo Nve, S21Sec

Changelog:
2007-06-11: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
F5:
https://tech.f5.com/home/solutions/sol167.html

S21Sec:
http://www.s21sec.com/avisos/s21sec-035-en.txt


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