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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2013.0097
            sol14138: XML External Entity Injection (XXE) from
                    authenticated source CVE-2012-2997
                              22 January 2013

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           BIG-IP
Publisher:         F5
Operating System:  Network Appliance
Impact/Access:     Administrator Compromise -- Existing Account
                   Denial of Service        -- Existing Account
                   Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2012-2997  

Original Bulletin: 
   http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/100/sol14138.html

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sol14138: XML External Entity Injection (XXE) from authenticated source 
CVE-2012-2997 

Security Advisory

Original Publication Date: 01/21/2013

Description

An XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability exists in a BIG-IP 
component. This vulnerability may allow an authenticated attacker to download
arbitrary files from the file system.

Impact

An attacker may be able to exploit the vulnerability and retrieve arbitrary 
files, perform Denial of Service attacks, execute system level commands, or 
compromise the password table if access is gained to the underlying operating
system.

Status

F5 Product Development has assigned ID 397358 to this vulnerability. To find 
out whether F5 has determined that your release is vulnerable, and to obtain 
information about releases or hotfixes that resolve the vulnerability, refer 
to the following table:

Product 		Versions known		Versions known		Vulnerable component
			to be vulnerable 	to be not vulnerable	or feature
		 	
BIG-IP LTM 		10.0.0			9.x			httpd_sam
			10.0.1			10.2.4 HF5
			10.1.0			11.2.0 HF3
			10.2.0			11.2.1 HF3
			10.2.1			11.3.0
			10.2.2
			10.2.3
			10.2.4
			11.0.0
			11.1.0
			11.2.0
			11.2.1

BIG-IP GTM 		10.0.0			9.x			httpd_sam
			10.0.1			10.2.4 HF5
			10.1.0			11.2.0 HF3
			10.2.0			11.2.1 HF3
			10.2.1			11.3.0
			10.2.2			
			10.2.3			
			10.2.4			
			11.0.0
			11.1.0
			11.2.0
			11.2.1

BIG-IP ASM 		10.0.0			9.x			httpd_sam
			10.0.1			10.2.4 HF5
			10.1.0			11.2.0 HF3
			10.2.0			11.2.1 HF3
			10.2.1			11.3.0
			10.2.2			
			10.2.3			
			10.2.4			
			11.0.0
			11.1.0
			11.2.0
			11.2.1	

BIG-IP Link Controller 	10.0.0			9.x			httpd_sam
			10.0.1			10.2.4 HF5
			10.1.0			11.2.0 HF3
			10.2.0			11.2.1 HF3
			10.2.1			11.3.0
			10.2.2
			10.2.3
			10.2.4
			11.0.0
			11.1.0
			11.2.0
			11.2.1
	
BIG-IP WebAccelerator 	10.0.0			9.x			httpd_sam
			10.0.1			10.2.4 HF5
			10.1.0			11.2.0 HF3
			10.2.0			11.2.1 HF3
			10.2.1			11.3.0
			10.2.2
			10.2.3
			10.2.4
			11.0.0
			11.1.0
			11.2.0
			11.2.1
	
BIG-IP PSM 		10.0.0			9.x			httpd_sam
			10.0.1			10.2.4 HF5
			10.1.0			11.2.0 HF3
			10.2.0			11.2.1 HF3
			10.2.1			11.3.0
			10.2.2
			10.2.3
			10.2.4
			11.0.0
			11.1.0
			11.2.0
			11.2.1

BIG-IP WOM 		10.0.0			10.2.4 HF5		httpd_sam
			10.0.1			11.2.0 HF3
			10.1.0			11.2.1 HF3
			10.2.0			11.3.0
			10.2.1
			10.2.2
			10.2.3
			10.2.4
			11.0.0
			11.1.0
			11.2.0
			11.2.1

BIG-IP APM 		10.0.1			10.2.4 HF5		httpd_sam
			10.1.0			11.2.0 HF3
			10.2.0			11.2.1 HF3
			10.2.1			11.3.0
			10.2.2
			10.2.3
			10.2.4
			11.0.0
			11.1.0
			11.2.0
			11.2.1

BIG-IP Edge Gateway	10.0.0			10.2.4 HF5		httpd_sam
			10.0.1			11.2.0 HF3
			10.1.0			11.2.1 HF3
			10.2.0			11.3.0
			10.2.1
			10.2.2
			10.2.3
			10.2.4
			11.0.0
			11.1.0
			11.2.0
			11.2.1

BIG-IP Analytics	11.0.0			11.2.0 HF3		httpd_sam
			11.1.0			11.2.1 HF3
			11.2.0			11.3.0
			11.2.1 	

BIG-IP AFM 		None			11.3.0 			None
		
BIG-IP PEM 		None			11.3.0			None
	 	
FirePass 		None			6.1.0			None
						7.0.0

Enterprise Manager 	None			1.x			None
						2.x 
	
ARX 			None			4.x			None
						5.x
						6.x

Recommended action

To eliminate this vulnerability, upgrade to a version that is listed in the 
Versions known to be not vulnerable column.

Supplemental Information

    SOL9970: Subscribing to email notifications regarding F5 products
    SOL9957: Creating a custom RSS feed to view new and updated documents.
    SOL4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy
    SOL4918: Overview of the F5 critical issue hotfix policy
    SOL167: Downloading software and firmware from F5
    SOL10322: FirePass hotfix matrix
    SOL3430: Installing FirePass hotfixes

Acknowledgements

F5 would like to acknowledge SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab for bringing this 
issue to our attention, and for following the highest standards of responsible
disclosure.

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