f5 FirePass and BIG-IP SAM: Multiple vulnerabilities

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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                               ASB-2010.0082
           f5 FirePass and BIG-IP SAM: Multiple Vulnerabilities
                               18 March 2010

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              f5 FirePass
                      f5 BIG-IP SAM
Operating System:     Network Appliance
Impact/Access:        Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
                      Unauthorised Access             -- Remote/Unauthenticated      
Resolution:           Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:            CVE-2008-5077  
Member content until: Saturday, April 17 2010
Reference:            ESB-2009.0009

OVERVIEW

        Security vulnerabilities have been identified in f5 FirePass and 
        BIG-IP SAM.


IMPACT

        The vendor has provided the following information regarding these
        vulnerabilities:
        
        1. "Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) 
        could allow remote code execution and may result in memory 
        corruption, information disclosure, and instantiation of objects 
        without regard to security policy." [1]
        
        This vulnerability affects the following products [1]: 
        
          * BIG-IP SAM version 8.0
          * FirePass versions 5.5 - 5.5.2
          * FirePass versions 6.0 - 6.0.3
        
        2. "OpenSSL 0.9.8i and earlier does not properly check the return 
        value from the EVP_VerifyFinal function." [2]
        
        This vulnerability enables remote attackers to bypass validation
        of the certificate chain. [3]
        
        This vulnerability affects the following products [2]:
        
          * FirePass versions 5.5 - 5.5.2
          * FirePass versions 6.0 - 6.0.3
          * FirePass version 6.1


MITIGATION

        The vulnerability for Microsoft Active Template Library has been 
        fixed for FirePass appliances in version 6.1.0 and is scheduled 
        to be fixed in future versions for BIG-IP SAM.
        
        The second vulnerability for OpenSSL did not have a patch at the 
        time of this publication. The vendor has stated "FirePass versions 
        listed as subject to this vulnerability allow DSA certificates and 
        keys to be installed, however, by default they do not use DSA 
        certificates and keys and are not vulnerable to this issue."
        Until such a time as a patch is made available, administrators
        may wish to consider not using DSA certificates and keys.


REFERENCES

        [1] SOL10441: Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) vulnerabilities
            VU#456745
            https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/400/sol10441.html

        [2] SOL9762: OpenSSL vulnerability - CVE-2008-5077
            https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/9000/700/sol9762.html

        [3] CVE-2008-5077
            http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5077

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