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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2020.4270 QEMU vulnerability CVE-2020-27617 2 December 2020 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: BIG-IP Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2020-27617 Reference: ESB-2020.4246 ESB-2020.4245 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K41142448 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K41142448: QEMU vulnerability CVE-2020-27617 Original Publication Date: 02 Dec, 2020 Security Advisory Description eth_get_gso_type in net/eth.c in QEMU 4.2.1 allows guest OS users to trigger an assertion failure. A guest can crash the QEMU process via packet data that lacks a valid Layer 3 protocol. (CVE-2020-27617) Impact BIG-IP This flaw allows a guest user to cause the QEMU process on the host to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service (DoS). This affects all BIG-IP platforms with Virtual Clustered Multiprocessing (vCMP) enabled. For more information on vCMP platforms, refer to K14088: vCMP host and compatible guest version matrix Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 965545 (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| | | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ | |16.x |16.0.0 - |None | | | | | | |16.0.1 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |15.x |15.1.0 - |None | | | | | | |15.1.2 | | | | | |BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, +------+----------+----------+ | | | |Advanced WAF, AFM, |14.x |14.1.0 - |None | | | | |Analytics, APM, | |14.1.3 | | | | | |ASM, DDHD, DNS, +------+----------+----------+Low |3.8 |VCMP | |FPS, GTM, Link |13.x |13.1.0 - |None | | | | |Controller, PEM, | |13.1.3 | | | | | |SSLO) +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |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 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 - 16.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 - --------------------------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. If you do not know who that is, please send an email to auscert@auscert.org.au and we will forward your request to the appropriate person. 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