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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2014.0671
sol15229: BIG-IQ privilege escalation vulnerability Security
AdvisorySecurity Advisory
7 May 2014
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: BIG-IQ Cloud
BIG-IQ Security
Publisher: F5
Operating System: Network Appliance
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
Original Bulletin:
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15229.html
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sol15229: BIG-IQ privilege escalation vulnerability Security AdvisorySecurity
Advisory
Original Publication Date: 05/02/2014
Description
The BIG-IQ system allows an input validation attack in which an authenticated
user is able to escalate their authorization level to that of another user.
Impact
An authenticated user with limited access may be able to gain administrative
access to the system.
Status
F5 Product Development has assigned ID 428984 (BIG-IQ) to this vulnerability.
To determine if your release is known to be vulnerable, the components or
features that are affected by the vulnerability, and for information about
releases or hotfixes that address the vulnerability, refer to the following
table:
Product Versions known to be vulnerable Versions known to be not vulnerable Vulnerable component or feature
BIG-IP LTM None 11.0.0 - 11.5.1 None
10.0.0 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP AAM None 11.4.0 - 11.5.1 None
BIG-IP AFM None 11.3.0 - 11.5.1 None
BIG-IP None 11.0.0 - 11.5.1 None
Analytics
BIG-IP APM None 11.0.0 - 11.5.1 None
10.1.0 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP ASM None 11.0.0 - 11.5.1 None
10.0.0 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP Edge None 11.0.0 - 11.3.0 None
Gateway 10.1.0 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP GTM None 11.0.0 - 11.5.1 None
10.0.0 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP None 11.0.0 - 11.5.1 None
Link Controller 10.0.0 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP PEM None 11.3.0 - 11.5.1 None
BIG-IP PSM None 11.0.0 - 11.4.1 None
10.0.0 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP None 11.0.0 - 11.3.0 None
WebAccelerator 10.0.0 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP WOM None 11.0.0 - 11.3.0 None
10.0.0 - 10.2.4
ARX None 6.0.0 - 6.4.0 None
Enterprise None 3.0.0 - 3.1.1 None
Manager 2.1.0 - 2.3.0
FirePass None 7.0.0 None
6.0.0 - 6.1.0
BIG-IQ Cloud 4.0.0 - 4.1.0 4.2.0 - 4.3.0 Configuration utility access control
BIG-IQ Device None 4.2.0 - 4.3.0 None
BIG-IQ Security 4.0.0 - 4.1.0 4.2.0 - 4.3.0 Configuration utility access control
Recommended Action
If the previous table lists a version in the Versions known to be not
vulnerable column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by upgrading to the
listed version.
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
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