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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2023.0639
K76964818: BIG-IP Edge Client for Windows vulnerability CVE-2023-22358
6 February 2023
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: F5 BIG-IP (APM)
Publisher: F5 Networks
Operating System: Network Appliance
Windows
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2023-22358
Original Bulletin:
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K76964818
Comment: CVSS (Max): 7.8 CVE-2023-22358 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS Source: F5 Networks
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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K76964818: BIG-IP Edge Client for Windows vulnerability CVE-2023-22358
Published Date: Feb 1, 2023
Updated Date: Feb 1, 2023
Security Advisory Description
A DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP Edge Client Windows
Installer. (CVE-2023-22358)
Impact
An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to use malicious Dynamic Link
Libraries (DLL) to gain privilege escalation on the client Windows system. The
installer loads the DLL and runs the malicious code that could grant
administrative privileges to the attacker.
Security Advisory Status
F5 Product Development has assigned ID 1086293 and 1086289 (BIG-IP) to this
vulnerability. This issue has been classified as CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search
Path Element.
To determine if your product and version have been evaluated for this
vulnerability, refer to the Evaluated products 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 tables. You can
also use iHealth to diagnose a vulnerability for BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems. For
more information about using iHealth, refer to K27404821: Using F5 iHealth to
diagnose vulnerabilities. For more information about security advisory
versioning, refer to K51812227: Understanding security advisory versioning.
In this section
o BIG-IP and BIG-IQ
o F5OS
o NGINX
o Other products
BIG-IP and BIG-IQ
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.
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
| | |Versions known|Fixes | |CVSSv3|Vulnerable |
|Product |Branch|to be |introduced|Severity |score^|component or |
| | |vulnerable^1 |in | |2 |feature |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
| |17.x |17.0.0^3 |17.0.0.2 | | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |16.x |16.1.0 - |None | | | |
| | |16.1.3^3 | | | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |15.x |15.1.0 - |None | | |BIG-IP Edge |
|BIG-IP (APM)| |15.1.8^3 | |High |7.8 |Client for |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | |Windows |
| |14.x |14.1.0 - |None | | | |
| | |14.1.5^3 | | | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |13.x |13.1.0 - |Will not | | | |
| | |13.1.5^3 |fix | | | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
|BIG-IP APM | | |7.2.4 | | |BIG-IP Edge |
|Clients |7.x |7.2.2 - 7.2.3 |7.2.3.1 |High |7.8 |Client for |
| | | | | | |Windows |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
|BIG-IP (all | | |Not |Not | | |
|other |All |None |applicable|vulnerable|None |None |
|modules) | | | | | | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
|BIG-IP SPK |All |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
|BIG-IQ | | |Not |Not | | |
|Centralized |All |None |applicable|vulnerable|None |None |
|Management | | | | | | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
^1F5 evaluates only software versions that have not yet reached the End of
Technical Support (EoTS) phase of their lifecycle. For more information, refer
to the Security hotfixes section of K4602: Overview of the F5 security
vulnerability response policy.
^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.
^3In BIG-IP APM 13.1.0 and later, the APM Clients components can be updated
independently from the BIG-IP software. To resolve this vulnerability in BIG-IP
APM 13.1.0 and later, you can update the installed version of APM Clients to a
version listed in the Fixes introduced in column and set Component Update to
Yes in the affected connectivity profile. For more information about Component
Update, refer to K15302: Understanding BIG-IP Edge Client Component Update
behavior for Windows, macOS, and Linux CLI. For more information about Edge
Client versions, refer to K52547540: Updating BIG-IP Edge Client for the BIG-IP
APM system and K13757: BIG-IP Edge Client version matrix.
F5OS
+-------+------+----------------+----------+----------+-------+---------------+
| | |Versions known |Fixes | |CVSSv3 |Vulnerable |
|Product|Branch|to be vulnerable|introduced|Severity |score^2|component or |
| | |^1 |in | | |feature |
+-------+------+----------------+----------+----------+-------+---------------+
|F5OS-A |All |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+-------+------+----------------+----------+----------+-------+---------------+
|F5OS-C |All |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. For more information, refer
to the Security hotfixes section of K4602: Overview of the F5 security
vulnerability response policy.
^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.
NGINX
+----------------+------+------------+----------+----------+------+-----------+
| | |Versions |Fixes | |CVSSv3|Vulnerable |
|Product |Branch|known to be |introduced|Severity |score^|component |
| | |vulnerable^1|in | |2 |or feature |
+----------------+------+------------+----------+----------+------+-----------+
|NGINX (all | | |Not |Not | | |
|products OR all |All |None |applicable|vulnerable|None |None |
|other products) | | | | | | |
+----------------+------+------------+----------+----------+------+-----------+
^1F5 evaluates only software versions that have not yet reached the End of
Technical Support (EoTS) phase of their lifecycle. For more information, refer
to the Security hotfixes section of K4602: Overview of the F5 security
vulnerability response policy.
^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.
Other products
+-------+------+----------------+----------+----------+-------+---------------+
| | |Versions known |Fixes | |CVSSv3 |Vulnerable |
|Product|Branch|to be vulnerable|introduced|Severity |score^2|component or |
| | |^1 |in | | |feature |
+-------+------+----------------+----------+----------+-------+---------------+
|Traffix|All |None |Not |Not |None |None |
|SDC | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+-------+------+----------------+----------+----------+-------+---------------+
^1F5 evaluates only software versions that have not yet reached the End of
Technical Support (EoTS) phase of their lifecycle. For more information, refer
to the Security hotfixes section of K4602: Overview of the F5 security
vulnerability response policy.
^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.
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 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
This issue was discovered internally by F5.
Related Content
o K41942608: Overview of security advisory articles
o K12201527: Overview of Quarterly Security Notifications
o K51812227: Understanding security advisory versioning
o K4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy
o K4918: Overview of the F5 critical issue hotfix policy
o K39757430: F5 product and services lifecycle policy index
o K9502: BIG-IP hotfix and point release matrix
o K13123: Managing BIG-IP product hotfixes (11.x - 17.x)
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: RSS feed service interruption
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