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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2019.4177.2 libpcap vulnerability CVE-2018-16301 28 January 2021 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: F5 products Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account Denial of Service -- Existing Account Resolution: Mitigation CVE Names: CVE-2018-16301 Reference: ESB-2019.3855 ESB-2019.3840 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K86252029 Revision History: January 28 2021: Vendor updated advisory including fixed version details November 7 2019: Initial Release - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K86252029: libpcap vulnerability CVE-2018-16301 Original Publication Date: 07 Nov, 2019 Latest Publication Date: 27 Jan, 2021 Security Advisory Description libpcap before 1.9.1, as used in tcpdump before 4.9.3, has a buffer overflow and/or over-read because of errors in pcapng reading. (CVE-2018-16301) Impact A local attacker may be able to corrupt data or execute arbitrary code. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned IDs 842829 and 844989 (BIG-IP and BIG-IQ) and CPF-25159 (Traffix SDC) 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, point 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| | | | | +---------------------+------+----------+----------+--------+------+----------+ | |16.x |None |16.0.0 | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |15.x |15.0.0 - |None | | | | | | |15.1.2 | | | | | |BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, +------+----------+----------+ | | | |AFM, Analytics, APM, |14.x |14.0.0 - |14.1.3.1 | | | | |ASM, DNS, Edge | |14.1.3 | | | | | |Gateway, FPS, GTM, +------+----------+----------+Medium |5.3 |libpcap | |Link Controller, PEM,|13.x |13.1.0 - |None | | | | |WebAccelerator, | |13.1.3 | | | | | |WebSafe) +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |12.x |12.1.0 - |None | | | | | | |12.1.5 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |11.x |11.5.2 - |None | | | | | | |11.6.5 | | | | | +---------------------+------+----------+----------+--------+------+----------+ |Enterprise Manager |3.x |3.1.1 |None |Medium |5.3 |libpcap | +---------------------+------+----------+----------+--------+------+----------+ | |7.x |7.0.0 |None | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | |BIG-IQ Centralized |6.x |6.0.0 - |None | | | | |Management | |6.1.0 | |Medium |5.3 |libpcap | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |5.x |5.2.0 - |None | | | | | | |5.4.0 | | | | | +---------------------+------+----------+----------+--------+------+----------+ |F5 iWorkflow |2.x |2.3.0 |None |Medium |5.3 |libpcap | +---------------------+------+----------+----------+--------+------+----------+ |Traffix SDC |5.x |5.0.0 - |None |Medium |5.3 |libpcap | | | |5.1.0 | | | | | +---------------------+------+----------+----------+--------+------+----------+ ^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 To mitigate this vulnerability, you should examine pcapng files only from trusted sources. 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 - 15.x) o K15106: Managing BIG-IQ product hotfixes o K15113: BIG-IQ hotfix and point release matrix 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 o K21232150: Considerations for upgrading BIG-IQ or F5 iWorkflow systems - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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