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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2020.3249.3 F5 products: FreeType vulnerability CVE-2015-9382 16 April 2021 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: FreeType Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2015-9382 Reference: ESB-2019.3358 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46641512 Revision History: April 16 2021: Vendor released fixes for BIG-IP Products January 6 2021: Additional vulnerable versions added by vendor September 23 2020: Initial Release - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K46641512: FreeType vulnerability CVE-2015-9382 Original Publication Date: 23 Sep, 2020 Latest Publication Date: 16 Apr, 2021 Security Advisory Description FreeType before 2.6.1 has a buffer over-read in skip_comment in psaux/psobjs.c because ps_parser_skip_PS_token is mishandled in an FT_New_Memory_Face operation. (CVE-2015-9382) Impact An attacker may be able to use a maliciously crafted file to create a buffer overflow and potentially expose small amounts of memory from the PostScript process. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 945109 (BIG-IP) and ID 947305 (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. +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ | | |Versions |Fixes | |CVSSv3|Vulnerable| |Product |Branch|known to |introduced|Severity |score^|component | | | |be |in | |1 |or feature| | | |vulnerable| | | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ | |16.x |16.0.0 - |None | | | | | | |16.1.0 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |15.x |15.1.0 - |None | | | | | | |15.1.2 | | | | | |BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, +------+----------+----------+ | | | |Advanced WAF, AFM, |14.x |14.1.0 - |14.1.4.1 | | | | |Analytics, APM, | |14.1.4 | | | |Linux | |ASM, DDHD, DNS, +------+----------+----------+Medium |4.3 |kernel | |FPS, GTM, Link |13.x |13.1.0 - |None | | |(BaseOS) | |Controller, PEM, | |13.1.3 | | | | | |SSLO) +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |12.x |12.1.0 - |12.1.6 | | | | | | |12.1.5 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |11.x |11.6.1 - |11.6.5.3 | | | | | | |11.6.5 | | | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ | |8.x |8.0.0 |None | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |7.x |7.0.0 - |None | | | | |BIG-IQ Centralized | |7.1.0 | | | |Linux | |Management +------+----------+----------+Medium |4.3 |kernel | | |6.x |6.0.0 - |None | | |(BaseOS) | | | |6.1.0 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |5.x |5.4.0 |None | | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ |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. 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 Do not allow Postscript files to be uploaded for customization or hosted content. 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