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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2021.1884
BIG-IQ vulnerability CVE-2021-23024
2 June 2021
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: BIG-IQ Centralized Management
Publisher: F5 Networks
Operating System: Network Appliance
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account
Reduced Security -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2021-23024
Original Bulletin:
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K06024431
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K06024431: BIG-IQ vulnerability CVE-2021-23024
Original Publication Date: 02 Jun, 2021
Security Advisory Description
The BIG-IQ Configuration utility has an authenticated remote command execution
vulnerability in undisclosed pages. (CVE-2021-23024)
Impact
This vulnerability allows an authenticated admin user or a user account
assigned with an administrator role and no shell access to execute arbitrary
system commands as a root user.
Security Advisory Status
F5 Product Development has assigned ID 1011941 (BIG-IQ) 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.
Note: After a fix is introduced for a given minor branch, that fix applies to
all subsequent maintenance and point releases for that branch, and no
additional fixes for that branch will be listed in the table. For example, when
a fix is introduced in 14.1.2.3, the fix also applies to 14.1.2.4, and all
later 14.1.x releases (14.1.3.x., 14.1.4.x). For more information, refer to
K51812227: Understanding security advisory versioning. Additionally, software
versions preceding those listed in the following table have reached the End of
Technical Support (EoTS) phase of their lifecycle and are no longer evaluated
for security issues. For more information, refer to the Security hotfixes
section of K4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy.
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
| | |Versions known|Fixes | |CVSSv3|Vulnerable |
|Product |Branch|to be |introduced|Severity |score^|component or |
| | |vulnerable^1 |in | |2 |feature |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
| |16.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |15.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |14.x |None |Not | | | |
|BIG-IP (all | | |applicable|Not | | |
|modules) +------+--------------+----------+vulnerable|None |None |
| |13.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |12.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |11.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
| |8.x |8.0.0 |8.0.0.1 | | | |
|BIG-IQ +------+--------------+----------+ | |Configuration|
|Centralized |7.x |7.0.0 - 7.1.0 |None |Medium |6.5 |utility |
|Management +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |6.x |6.0.0 - 6.1.0 |None | | | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
|F5OS |1.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
|Traffix SDC |5.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
^1F5 evaluates only software versions that have not yet reached the End of
Technical Support (EoTS) phase of their lifecycle.
^2The CVSSv3 score link takes you to a resource outside of AskF5, and it is
possible that the document may be removed without our knowledge.
Recommended Actions
If you are running a version listed in the Versions known to be vulnerable
column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by installing a version listed in
the Fixes introduced in column. If the Fixes introduced in column does not list
a version for your branch, then no update candidate currently exists for that
branch and F5 recommends upgrading to a version with the fix (refer to the
table).
If the Fixes introduced in column lists a version prior to the one you are
running, in the same branch, then your version should have the fix.
Mitigation
None
Acknowledgements
F5 acknowledges Jeremy Brown for bringing this issue to our attention and
following the highest standards of coordinated disclosure.
Supplemental Information
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 K8986: F5 software lifecycle policy
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
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