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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2017.3253 Security update for iControl REST API 21 December 2017 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: F5 BIG-IP products F5 BIG-IQ products Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Virtualisation Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2017-6167 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K24465120 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K24465120: iControl REST vulnerability CVE-2017-6167 Security Advisory Original Publication Date: Dec 21, 2017 Security Advisory Description Race conditions in iControl REST may lead to commands executed with different privilege levels than expected. (CVE-2017-6167) Impact Sending asynchronous tasks using the iControl REST API may be processed as the wrong user and result in an error. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 650286 (BIG-IP) and ID 692207 (BIG-IQ) to this vulnerability. To determine if your product and version have been evaluated for this vulnerability, refer to the Applies to (see versions) box. 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. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | |Versions |Fixes | |CVSSv3|Vulnerable| |Product |Branch|known to |introduced|Severity |score^|component | | | |be |in | |1 |or feature| | | |vulnerable| | | | | |-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------| |BIG-IP |13.x |13.0.0 |13.1.0 | | | | |(LTM, AAM, AFM, |------+----------+----------| | | | |Analytics, APM, |12.x |12.1.0 - |12.1.3 | | |iControl | |ASM, DNS, Link | |12.1.2 | |High |7.5 |REST | |Controller, PEM, |------+----------+----------| | | | |WebSafe) |11.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | |-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------| |BIG-IP | | |Not |Not | | | |(Edge Gateway, GTM,|11.x |None |applicable|vulnerable|None |None | |WebAccelerator) | | | | | | | |-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------| |ARX |6.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | |-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------| |Enterprise Manager |3.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | |-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------| |BIG-IQ | | |Not |Not | | | |(Cloud, Device, |4.x |None |applicable|vulnerable|None |None | |Security, ADC) | | | | | | | |-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------| | |5.x |5.2.0 - |None | | | | |BIG-IQ Centralized | |5.3.0 | | | |iControl | |Management |------+----------+----------|High |7.5 |REST | | |4.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | |-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------| |BIG-IQ Cloud and |1.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | |Orchestration | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | |-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------| |F5 iWorkflow |2.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | |-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------| |LineRate |2.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | |-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------| | |5.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable|Not | | | |Traffix SDC |------+----------+----------|vulnerable|None |None | | |4.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ^1The CVSSv3 score link takes you to a resource outside of AskF5, and it is possible that the document may be removed without our knowledge. Security Advisory Recommended Actions If you are running a version listed in the Versions known to be vulnerable column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by upgrading to a version listed in the Versions known to be not vulnerable column. If the table lists only an older version than what you are currently running, or does not list a non-vulnerable version, then no upgrade candidate currently exists. To determine the necessary upgrade path for your BIG-IQ system, you should understand the BIG-IQ product offering name changes. For more information, refer to K21232150: Considerations for upgrading BIG-IQ or F5 iWorkflow systems . Mitigation None - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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