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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2018.3175
K51220077:BIG-IP APM Edge Client vulnerability CVE-2018-15316
18 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: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-15316
Original Bulletin:
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51220077
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K51220077:BIG-IP APM Edge Client vulnerability CVE-2018-15316
Security Advisory
Original Publication Date: 18 Oct, 2018
Security Advisory Description
The BIG-IP APM Edge Client component loads the policy library with user
permission and bypassing the endpoint checks. (CVE-2018-15316)
Impact
A malicious user can exploit this vulnerability on the APM Edge Client by
injecting a library file which will be loaded by the policy server and bypass
the endpoint checks. The endpoint inspection component for Mac OS X and Linux
platforms are vulnerable to this issue.
Security Advisory Status
F5 Product Development has assigned ID 691198 (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. For more
information about security advisory versioning, 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 |None |14.0.0 | | | |
| +------+----------+----------+ | |The |
| |13.x |13.0.0 - |13.1.1.2 | | |endpoint |
| | |13.1.1 | | | |inspection|
|BIG-IP (APM) +------+----------+----------+Medium |6.3 |component |
| |12.x |None |Not | | |for Mac OS|
| | | |applicable| | |X and |
| +------+----------+----------+ | |Linux |
| |11.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
| | | | | | |The |
| | | | | | |endpoint |
| | |7.1.5 - | | | |inspection|
|BIG-IP APM Clients|7.1.x |7.1.6 |7.1.7^2 |Medium |6.3 |component |
| | | | | | |for Mac OS|
| | | | | | |X and |
| | | | | | |Linux |
+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
| | | | | | |The |
| | | | | | |endpoint |
| | |7101 - | | | |inspection|
|BIG-IP Edge Client|71xx |7160 |7170^3 |Medium |6.3 |component |
| | | | | | |for Mac OS|
| | | | | | |X and |
| | | | | | |Linux |
+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
| |14.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
|BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, +------+----------+----------+ | | |
|AFM, Analytics, |13.x |None |Not | | | |
|ASM, DNS, Edge | | |applicable|Not | | |
|Gateway, GTM, Link+------+----------+----------+vulnerable|None |None |
|Controller, PEM, |12.x |None |Not | | | |
|WebAccelerator) | | |applicable| | | |
| +------+----------+----------+ | | |
| |11.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
|Enterprise Manager|3.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
| |6.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
| +------+----------+----------+ | | |
|BIG-IQ Centralized|5.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
|Management | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
| +------+----------+----------+ | | |
| |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| | |
+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
| |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.
^2In BIG-IP APM 13.1.0 and later, the APM Clients components can be updated
independently from BIG-IP software. For more information, refer to K52547540:
Updating the BIG-IP Edge Client for the BIG-IP APM system.
^3 To update APM Clients components in vulnerable versions of BIG-IP Edge
Client, upgrade to a version of BIG-IP APM software listed in the Fixes
introduced in column.
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 K48955220: Installing an OPSWAT Endpoint Security update on BIG-IP APM
systems (11.4.x and later)
o K13757: BIG-IP Edge Client version matrix
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