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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2022.0272.2 K08402414: BIG-IP ASM and Advanced WAF REST API endpoint vulnerability CVE-2022-23026 23 April 2022 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: BIG-IP ASM Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2022-23026 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K08402414 Comment: CVSS (Max): 5.4 CVE-2022-23026 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) CVSS Source: F5 Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Revision History: April 23 2022: Vendor added fixed version for BIG-IP January 21 2022: Initial Release - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K08402414: BIG-IP ASM and Advanced WAF REST API endpoint vulnerability CVE-2022-23026 Original Publication Date: 19 Jan, 2022 Latest Publication Date: 19 Apr, 2022 Security Advisory Description An authenticated user with low privileges, such as a guest, can upload data using an undisclosed REST endpoint causing an increase in disk resource utilization. (CVE-2022-23026) Impact An authenticated user with low privileges, such as a guest, may exploit this vulnerability to increase disk utilization, which may cause the Configuration utility to fail to function as expected. There is no data plane exposure; this is a control plane issue only. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 974341 (BIG-IP) to this vulnerability. This issue has been classified as CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. 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 Applies to (see versions) box of this article 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 |16.0.0 - |16.1.2 | | | | | | |16.1.1 | | | | | | +------+--------------+----------+ | | | | |15.x |15.1.0 - |15.1.4.1 | | | | | | |15.1.4 | | | | | | +------+--------------+----------+ | | | | |14.x |14.1.0 - |14.1.4.5 | | | | |BIG-IP (ASM,| |14.1.4 | | | |REST API | |Advanced +------+--------------+----------+Medium |5.4 |endpoint | |WAF) |13.x |13.1.0 - |13.1.5 | | | | | | |13.1.4 | | | | | | +------+--------------+----------+ | | | | |12.x |12.1.0 - |Will not | | | | | | |12.1.6 |fix | | | | | +------+--------------+----------+ | | | | |11.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+ | |16.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | | +------+--------------+----------+ | | | | |15.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | | +------+--------------+----------+ | | | | |14.x |None |Not | | | | |BIG-IP (all | | |applicable|Not | | | |other +------+--------------+----------+vulnerable|None |None | |modules) |13.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | | +------+--------------+----------+ | | | | |12.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | | +------+--------------+----------+ | | | | |11.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+ | |8.x |None |Not | | | | |BIG-IQ | | |applicable|Not | | | |Centralized +------+--------------+----------+vulnerable|None |None | |Management |7.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+ |F5OS-A |1.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | +------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+ |F5OS-C |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 Until it is possible to install a fixed version, you can use the following sections as temporary mitigations. These mitigations restrict access to iControl REST to only trusted networks or devices, thereby limiting the attack surface. o Block iControl REST access through the self IP address o Block iControl REST access through the management interface Block iControl REST access through the self IP address You can block all access to the iControl REST interface of your BIG-IP system through self IP addresses. To do so, you can change the Port Lockdown setting to Allow None for each self IP address in the system. If you must open any ports, you should use the Allow Custom option, taking care to disallow access to iControl REST. By default, iControl REST listens on TCP port 443 or TCP port 8443 on single NIC BIG-IP VE instances. If you modified the default port, ensure that you disallow access to the alternate port you configured. Note: Performing this action prevents all access to the Configuration utility and iControl REST using the self IP address. These changes may also impact other services, including breaking high availability (HA) configurations. Before you make changes to the configuration of your self IP addresses, F5 strongly recommends that you refer to the following articles: o K17333: Overview of port lockdown behavior (12.x - 16.x) o K13092: Overview of securing access to the BIG-IP system o K31003634: The Configuration utility of the Single-NIC BIG-IP Virtual Edition now defaults to TCP port 8443 o K51358480: The single-NIC BIG-IP VE may erroneously revert to the default management httpd port after a configuration reload If you must expose port 443 on your self IP addresses and want to restrict access to specific IP ranges, you may consider using the packet filtering functionality built into the BIG-IP system. For more information, refer to the following article: o K13383: Configuring CIDR Network Addresses for the BIG-IP packet filter Block iControl REST access through the management interface To mitigate this vulnerability for affected F5 products, you should restrict management access to only trusted users and devices over a secure network. For more information about securing access to BIG-IP systems, refer to the following articles: o K13092: Overview of securing access to the BIG-IP system o K46122561: Restricting access to the management interface using network firewall rules o K69354049: Restricting access to the BIG-IP management interface for Configuration utility and iControl REST services using iptables Acknowledgements This issue was discovered internally by F5. 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 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. 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