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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2018.1154
vCMP Cavium Nitrox SSL hardware accelerator vulnerability
16 April 2018
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: BIG-IP
Publisher: F5 Networks
Operating System: Network Appliance
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-5507
Original Bulletin:
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52521791
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K52521791: vCMP Cavium Nitrox SSL hardware accelerator vulnerability
CVE-2018-5507
Security Advisory
Original Publication Date: Apr 13, 2018
Applies to (see versions):
o Product: BIG-IQ, BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 5.4.0, 5.3.0, 5.2.0, 5.1.0, 5.0.0, 4.6.0
o Product: BIG-IP, BIG-IP AAM, BIG-IP AFM, BIG-IP Analytics, BIG-IP APM,
BIG-IP ASM, BIG-IP DNS, BIG-IP Edge Gateway, BIG-IP GTM, BIG-IP Link
Controller, BIG-IP LTM, BIG-IP PEM, BIG-IP WebAccelerator
- 13.1.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0, 11.6.3, 11.6.2,
11.6.1, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.2.1
o Product: Enterprise Manager
- 3.1.1
o Product: F5 iWorkflow
- 2.3.0, 2.2.0, 2.1.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.1
o Product: LineRate
- 2.6.2, 2.6.1, 2.6.0, 2.5.3, 2.5.2, 2.5.1, 2.5.0
o Product: ARX, ARX
- 6.4.0, 6.3.0, 6.2.0
o Product: F5 WebSafe
- 1.0.0
o Product: Traffix SDC
- 5.1.0, 4.4.0, 4.0.5
o Product: BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration
- 1.0.0
Security Advisory Description
vCMP guests running on VIPRION 2100, 4200 and 4300 series blades cannot
correctly decrypt ciphertext from established SSL sessions with small MTU. (
CVE-2018-5507)
Impact
BIG-IP
The affected SSL connections are terminated unexpectedly.
ARX / BIG-IQ / Enterprise Manager / F5 iWorkflow / LineRate / Traffix SDC
There is no impact; these F5 products are not affected by this vulnerability.
Security Advisory Status
F5 Product Development has assigned ID 662663 (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 | | | |
|BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, | | |13.0.1 | | | |
|AFM, Analytics, +------+----------+----------+ | |vCMP guest |
|APM, ASM, DNS, |12.x |12.1.0 - |12.1.3.2 | | |with Cavium|
|Edge Gateway, | |12.1.3 | |Medium |5.9 |Nitrox SSL |
|GTM, Link +------+----------+----------+ | |hardware |
|Controller, PEM, | |11.6.1 - | | | |accelerator|
|WebAccelerator, |11.x |11.6.2 |11.6.3 | | | |
|WebSafe) | |11.5.1 - |11.5.6 | | | |
| | |11.5.5 | | | | |
+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+
|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
Applies to (see versions):
o ARX:
- 6.4.0, 6.3.0, 6.2.0
o BIG-IP AAM:
- 13.1.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0, 11.6.3, 11.6.2,
11.6.1, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.2.1
o BIG-IP AFM:
- 13.1.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0, 11.6.3, 11.6.2,
11.6.1, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.2.1
o BIG-IP APM:
- 13.1.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0, 11.6.3, 11.6.2,
11.6.1, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.2.1
o BIG-IP ASM:
- 13.1.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0, 11.6.3, 11.6.2,
11.6.1, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.2.1
o BIG-IP Analytics:
- 13.1.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0, 11.6.3, 11.6.2,
11.6.1, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.2.1
o BIG-IP DNS:
- 13.1.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0, 11.6.3, 11.6.2,
11.6.1, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.2.1
o BIG-IP Edge Gateway:
- 13.1.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0, 11.6.3, 11.6.2,
11.6.1, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.2.1
o BIG-IP GTM:
- 13.1.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0, 11.6.3, 11.6.2,
11.6.1, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.2.1
o BIG-IP LTM:
- 13.1.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0, 11.6.3, 11.6.2,
11.6.1, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.2.1
o BIG-IP Link Controller:
- 13.1.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0, 11.6.3, 11.6.2,
11.6.1, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.2.1
o BIG-IP PEM:
- 13.1.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0, 11.6.3, 11.6.2,
11.6.1, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.2.1
o BIG-IP WebAccelerator:
- 13.1.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0, 11.6.3, 11.6.2,
11.6.1, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1, 11.2.1
o BIG-IQ Centralized Management:
- 5.4.0, 5.3.0, 5.2.0, 5.1.0, 5.0.0, 4.6.0
o BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration:
- 1.0.0
o Enterprise Manager:
- 3.1.1
o F5 WebSafe:
- 1.0.0
o F5 iWorkflow:
- 2.1.0, 2.0.1, 2.2.0, 2.0.2, 2.3.0
o LineRate:
- 2.6.2, 2.5.3, 2.6.0, 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.0
o Traffix SDC:
- 5.1.0, 4.4.0, 4.0.5
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