K98606833 : BIG-IP and BIG-IQ scp vulnerability CVE-2024-21782

Security Advisory Description

BIG-IP or BIG-IQ Resource Administrators and Certificate Managers who have access to the secure copy (scp) utility but do not have access to Advanced Shell (bash) can execute arbitrary commands with a specially crafted command string. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5873. (CVE-2024-21782)

Impact

A local authenticated user can run arbitrary commands to gain access to restricted information, modify files, or cause a denial-of-service (DoS).