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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2019.0937 BIG-IP SNMPD vulnerability CVE-2019-6608 22 March 2019 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: F5 BIG-IP products Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2019-6608 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12139752 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K12139752:BIG-IP SNMPD vulnerability CVE-2019-6608 Security Advisory Original Publication Date: 22 Mar, 2019 Security Advisory Description Under certain conditions, the snmpd process may leak memory on a multi-blade BIG-IP Virtual Clustered Multiprocessing (vCMP) guest when processing authorized SNMP requests. (CVE-2019-6608) Impact Over time, the snmpd process consumes excessive memory, forcing the BIG-IP system to slow down and eventually fail over. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 738887 (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 |14.0.0 |14.1.0 | | | | | | | |14.0.0.3 | | | | |BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, +------+----------+----------+ | | | |AFM, Analytics, |13.x |13.0.0 - |13.1.1.2 | | | | |APM, ASM, DNS, Edge| |13.1.1 | | | | | |Gateway, FPS, GTM, +------+----------+----------+Low |3.1 |SNMP | |Link Controller, |12.x |12.1.0 - |12.1.4 | | | | |PEM, | |12.1.3 | | | | | |WebAccelerator) +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |11.x |11.2.1 - |11.6.4 | | | | | | |11.6.3 | | | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ |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. 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 If the snmpd process consumes excessive memory, you can restart it by performing the following procedure: 1. Log in to the BIG-IP system as the root user. 2. Type the following command: bigstart restart snmpd 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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