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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2018.1636 BIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability 31 May 2018 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: BIG-IP Products Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2018-5525 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K00363258 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K00363258: BIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability CVE-2018-5525 Security Advisory Original Publication Date: May 31, 2018 Security Advisory Description A local file vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP Configuration utility that exposes files containing F5-provided data only, and do not include configuration data, proxied traffic, or other potentially sensitive customer data. (CVE-2018-5525) Impact Authenticated users may be able to retrieve files local to the BIG-IP system using the Configuration utility. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 617901 (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 or | | | |be |in | |1 |feature | | | |vulnerable| | | | | +----------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-------------+ | |13.x |13.0.0 |13.1.0 | | | | |BIG-IP (LTM, | | |13.0.0 HF1| | | | |AAM, AFM, +------+----------+----------+ | | | |Analytics, APM, |12.x |12.1.0 - |12.1.3 | | | | |ASM, DNS, Edge | |12.1.2 |12.1.2 HF1|Low |3.5 |Configuration| |Gateway, FPS, +------+----------+----------+ | |utility | |GTM, Link | |11.6.0 - | | | | | |Controller, PEM,|11.x |11.6.3 |11.6.3.2 | | | | |WebAccelerator) | |11.2.1 - |11.5.6 | | | | | | |11.5.5 | | | | | +----------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-------------+ |ARX |6.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | +----------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-------------+ |Enterprise |3.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | |Manager | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | +----------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-------------+ | |5.x |None |Not | | | | |BIG-IQ | | |applicable|Not | | | |Centralized +------+----------+----------+vulnerable|None |None | |Management |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| | | | +----------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-------------+ ^1 The 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. Acknowledgements F5 would like to acknowledge Mukhammad Khalilov of the HelpAG company for bringing this issue to our attention and for following the highest standards of responsible disclosure. 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