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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2020.1088 BIG-IP HTTP/3 QUIC vulnerability CVE-2020-5859 27 March 2020 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: BIG-IP HTTP/3 QUIC Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2020-5859 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K61367237 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K61367237:BIG-IP HTTP/3 QUIC vulnerability CVE-2020-5859 Security Advisory Original Publication Date: 27 Mar, 2020 Security Advisory Description Specially formatted HTTP/3 messages may cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to produce a core file. (CVE-2020-5859) Impact TMM may restart and temporarily fail to process traffic on BIG-IP hosts with the HTTP/3 QUIC profile configured. High availability (HA) configurations will fail over the the standby host. Note: Beginning in BIG-IP 15.1.0.1, F5 introduced HTTP/3 and QUIC as an experimental feature. For more information, refer to K60235402: Overview of the BIG-IP HTTP/3 and QUIC profiles. F5 recommends that you test experimental features only in your staging environment and not in production. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 871633 (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 | | | |be |in | |1 |or feature| | | |vulnerable| | | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ | |15.x |15.1.0.1 |15.1.0.2 | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |14.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | |BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, +------+----------+----------+ | | | |AFM, Analytics, |13.x |None |Not | | |HTTP/3 | |APM, ASM, DNS, FPS,| | |applicable|High |7.5 |QUIC | |GTM, Link +------+----------+----------+ | |profile | |Controller, PEM) |12.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |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 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 K60235402: Overview of the BIG-IP HTTP/3 and QUIC profiles - --------------------------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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