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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2018.1150 K10329515:BIG-IP PEM vulnerability CVE-2018-5508 16 April 2018 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: F5 BIG-IP Products Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2018-5508 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10329515 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K10329515:BIG-IP PEM vulnerability CVE-2018-5508 Security Advisory Original Publication Date: 13 Apr, 2018 Latest Publication Date: 14 Apr, 2018 Security Advisory Description Under certain conditions, TMM may produce a core file and restart when processing compressed data though a virtual server with an associated PEM profile using the content insertion option. (CVE-2018-5508) Impact The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) generates a core file and restarts. If configured as part of a high availability (HA) device group, the BIG-IP system fails over to the peer device. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 643375 (BIG-IP) 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| | | | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ | |13.x |13.0.0 |13.1.0 | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |12.x |12.0.0 - |12.1.3.2 | | | | | | |12.1.3 | | | | | |BIG-IP (PEM) +------+----------+----------+Medium |5.9 |PEM | | | |11.6.0 - | | | | | | | |11.6.2 |11.6.3 | | | | | |11.x |11.5.1 - |11.5.6 | | | | | | |11.5.5 | | | | | | | |11.2.1 | | | | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ |BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, |13.x |None |Not | | | | |AFM, Analytics, | | |applicable| | | | |APM, ASM, +------+----------+----------+ | | | |DNS, Link |12.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | |Controller, | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | |WebSafe, Edge +------+----------+----------+ | | | |Gateway, GTM, PSM,|11.x |None |Not | | | | |WebAccelerator) | | |applicable| | | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ |ARX |6.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ |Enterprise Manager|3.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ | |5.x |None |Not | | | | |BIG-IQ Centralized| | |applicable|Not | | | |Management +------+----------+----------+vulnerable|None |None | | |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 Fixes introduced in 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. Mitigation None Supplemental Information o K51812227: Understanding Security Advisory versioning o K41942608: Overview of Security Advisory articles o K4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy o K4918: Overview of the F5 critical issue hotfix policy o K9502: BIG-IP hotfix and point release matrix o K13123: Managing BIG-IP product hotfixes (11.x - 13.x) o K167: Downloading software and firmware from F5 o K9970: Subscribing to email notifications regarding F5 products o K9957: Creating a custom RSS feed to view new and updated documents - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. 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