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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2015.0378 sol16121: BIG-IP directory traversal vulnerability CVE-2014-8727 16 February 2015 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: BIG-IP Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Delete Arbitrary Files -- Existing Account Unauthorised Access -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2014-8727 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/16000/100/sol16121.html - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- sol16121: BIG-IP directory traversal vulnerability CVE-2014-8727 Security Advisory Original Publication Date: 02/12/2015 Description Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in F5 BIG-IP before 10.2.2 allow local users with the "Resource Administrator" or "Administrator" role to enumerate and delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the name parameter to (1) tmui/Control/jspmap/tmui/system/archive/properties.jsp or (2) tmui/Control/form. (CVE-2014-8727) Impact An attacker with Resource Administrator or Administrator role access to the BIG-IP Configuration utility may be able to delete arbitrary files. Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 363027 to this vulnerability, and has evaluated the currently supported releases for potential 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 10.0.0 - 10.2.2 HF1 11.0.0 - 11.6.0 10.2.2 HF2 - 10.2.4 Configuration utility BIG-IP APM 10.1.0 - 10.2.2 HF1 11.0.0 - 11.6.0 10.2.2 HF2 - 10.2.4 Configuration utility BIG-IP ASM 10.0.0 - 10.2.2 HF1 11.0.0 - 11.6.0 10.2.2 HF2 - 10.2.4 Configuration utility BIG-IP Edge Gateway 10.1.0 - 10.2.2 HF1 11.0.0 - 11.3.0 10.2.2 HF2 - 10.2.4 Configuration utility BIG-IP GTM 10.0.0 - 10.2.2 HF1 11.0.0 - 11.6.0 10.2.2 HF2 - 10.2.4 Configuration utility BIG-IP Link Controller 10.0.0 - 10.2..2 HF1 11.0.0 - 11.6.0 10.2.2 HF2 - 10.2.4 Configuration utility BIG-IP PSM 10.0.0 - 10.2.2 HF1 11.0.0 - 11.4.1 10.2.2 HF2 - 10.2.4 Configuration utility BIG-IP WebAccelerator 10.0.0 - 10.2.2 HF1 11.0.0 - 11.3.0 10.2.2 HF2 - 10.2.4 Configuration utility BIG-IP WOM 10.0.0 - 10.2.2 HF1 11.0.0 - 11.3.0 10.2.2 HF2 - 10.2.4 Configuration utility Enterprise Manager 2.1.0 - 2.3.0 3.0.0 - 3.1.1 Configuration utility 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. If the listed version is older than the version you are currently running, or if the table does not list any version in the column, then no upgrade candidate currently exists. F5 is responding to this vulnerability as determined by the parameters defined in SOL4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy. To mitigate this vulnerability, you should only permit access to F5 products over a secure network and limit login access to trusted users. For more information, refer to SOL13092: Overview of securing access to the BIG-IP system. 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