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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2020.1070 systemd vulnerabilities CVE-2018-16864 and CVE-2018-16865 26 March 2020 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: F5 BIG-IP products Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account Denial of Service -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2018-16865 CVE-2018-16864 Reference: ASB-2019.0109 ESB-2019.0249 ESB-2018.3569.3 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K06044762 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K06044762: systemd vulnerabilities CVE-2018-16864 and CVE-2018-16865 Original Publication Date: 26 Mar, 2020 Security Advisory Description o CVE-2018-16864 An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory region, was discovered in systemd-journald when a program with long command line arguments calls syslog. A local attacker may use this flaw to crash systemd-journald or escalate his privileges. Versions through v240 are vulnerable. o CVE-2018-16865 An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory region, was discovered in systemd-journald when many entries are sent to the journal socket. A local attacker, or a remote one if systemd-journal-remote is used, may use this flaw to crash systemd-journald or execute code with journald privileges. Versions through v240 are vulnerable. Impact A locally authenticated attacker may be able to use the flaw to stop systemd-journald from responding or escalate user privileges. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 757617 (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, 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 or | | | |be |in | |1 |feature | | | |vulnerable| | | | | +-------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------------+ | |15.x |15.0.0 - |15.1.0 | | | | | | |15.0.1 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | |BIG-IP (LTM, |14.x |14.1.0 - |14.1.2.1 | | | | |AAM, AFM, | |14.1.2 | | | | | |Analytics, +------+----------+----------+ | | | |APM, ASM, |13.x |None |Not |Low |3.7 |systemd-journald| |DNS, FPS, | | |applicable| | | | |GTM, Link +------+----------+----------+ | | | |Controller, |12.x |None |Not | | | | |PEM) | | |applicable| | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |11.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +-------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------------+ | |7.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | |BIG-IQ +------+----------+----------+ | | | |Centralized |6.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | |Management | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |5.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +-------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------------+ |Traffix SDC |5.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | +-------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------------+ ^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 - 15.x) 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 - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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