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                               ESB-2018.3086
                 Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2017-17448
                              11 October 2018

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           F5 BIG-IP products
Publisher:         F5 Networks
Operating System:  Network Appliance
Impact/Access:     Unauthorised Access -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2017-17448  

Reference:         ESB-2018.1971
                   ESB-2018.1397
                   ESB-2018.1262

Original Bulletin: 
   https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K01043241

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K01043241:Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2017-17448

Security Advisory

Original Publication Date: 31 Mar, 2018

Latest   Publication Date: 11 Oct, 2018

Security Advisory Description

net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.4 does not
require the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for new, get, and del operations, which
allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions because the
nfnl_cthelper_list data structure is shared across all net namespaces. (
CVE-2017-17448)

Impact

This vulnerability may allow local users to bypass intended access
restrictions on the system.

Security Advisory Status

F5 Product Development has assigned ID 712455 (BIG-IP) to this vulnerability.
Additionally, BIG-IP iHealth may list Heuristic H01043241 on the Diagnostics >
Identified > Medium page.

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. For details
about how Security Advisory articles are versioned, and what versions are
listed in the table, refer to K51812227: Understanding Security Advisory
versioning.

 

+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
|                  |      |Versions  |Fixes     |          |CVSSv3|Vulnerable|
|Product           |Branch|known to  |introduced|Severity  |score^|component |
|                  |      |be        |in        |          |1     |or feature|
|                  |      |vulnerable|          |          |      |          |
+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
|                  |14.x  |14.0.0    |None      |          |      |          |
|BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, +------+----------+----------+          |      |          |
|AFM, Analytics,   |13.x  |13.0.0 -  |None      |          |      |          |
|APM, ASM, DNS,    |      |13.1.1    |          |          |      |          |
|Edge Gateway,     +------+----------+----------+Medium    |4.4   |Linux     |
|GTM, Link         |12.x  |None      |Not       |          |      |kernel    |
|Controller, PEM,  |      |          |applicable|          |      |          |
|WebAccelerator,   +------+----------+----------+          |      |          |
|WebSafe)          |11.x  |None      |Not       |          |      |          |
|                  |      |          |applicable|          |      |          |
+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
|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 K15106: Managing BIG-IQ product hotfixes
  o K15113: BIG-IQ hotfix matrix
  o K12766: ARX hotfix matrix
  o K48955220: Installing an OPSWAT Endpoint Security update on BIG-IP APM
    systems (11.4.x and later)
  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

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