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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2020.1562.3 F5 secure shell vulnerability CVE-2020-5873 16 April 2021 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: F5 BIG-IP Products F5 BIG-IQ Products Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2020-5873 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K03585731 Revision History: April 16 2021: Vendor released fixes for BIG-IQ Centralized Management. May 14 2020: Vendor released minor update May 1 2020: Initial Release - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K03585731: F5 secure shell vulnerability CVE-2020-5873 Original Publication Date: 30 Apr, 2020 Latest Publication Date: 16 Apr, 2021 Security Advisory Description A user associated with the Resource Administrator role who has access to the secure copy (scp) utility but does not have access to Advanced Shell (bash) can execute arbitrary commands using a maliciously crafted scp request. ( CVE-2020-5873) Impact An authenticated user with Resource Administrator role can run shell commands with elevated privilege. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 780601 (BIG-IP), and ID 790469 (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 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 |15.0.0 - |15.1.0 | | | | | | |15.0.1 |15.0.1.1 | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |14.x |14.1.0 - |14.1.2.4^2| | | | |BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, | |14.1.2 | | | | | |AFM, Analytics, +------+----------+----------+ | | | |APM, ASM, DNS, FPS,|13.x |13.1.0 - |13.1.3.2 |High |7.8 |SSH | |GTM, Link | |13.1.3 | | | | | |Controller, PEM) +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |12.x |12.1.0 - |12.1.5.1 | | | | | | |12.1.5 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |11.x |11.6.1 - |11.6.5.1 | | | | | | |11.6.5 | | | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ | |8.x |None |8.0.0 | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |7.x |7.0.0 - |None | | | | | | |7.1.0 | | | | | |BIG-IQ Centralized +------+----------+----------+High |7.8 |SSH | |Management |6.x |6.0.0 - |None | | | | | | |6.1.0 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |5.x |5.3.0 - |None | | | | | | |5.4.0 | | | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ |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. ^2BIG-IP 14.1.2.4 is not a supported release; please use a later release. Refer to K5903: BIG-IP software support policy. 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 can limit access to the management and self IP ports and limit login access to trusted users. For more information about securing access to the affected systems: o For BIG-IP or Enterprise Manager systems, refer to K13309: Restricting access to the Configuration utility by source IP address (11.x - 15.x) and K13092: Overview of securing access to the BIG-IP system. o For BIG-IQ systems, refer to K31401771: Restricting access to the BIG-IQ or F5 iWorkflow user interface by source IP address. For BIG-IQ systems, you may need to include addresses of the managed BIG-IP systems, high availability (HA) peers, and DCD nodes, depending on your configuration. 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 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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