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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2017.2716.2
K30201296: SOCKS proxy vulnerability CVE-2017-0303
22 December 2017
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: F5 BIG-IP products
Publisher: F5 Networks
Operating System: Network Appliance
Virtualisation
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2017-0303
Original Bulletin:
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K30201296
Revision History: December 22 2017: Updated source text with more patched versions
October 27 2017: Initial Release
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K30201296: SOCKS proxy vulnerability CVE-2017-0303
Security Advisory
Original Publication Date: Oct 27, 2017
Updated Date: Dec 22, 2017
Security Advisory Description
Under limited circumstances, connections handled by a virtual server with an
associated SOCKS profile may not be properly cleaned up, potentially leading to
resource starvation. (CVE-2017-0303)
Impact
Connections may remain in the connection table that you can only remove by
restarting the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM). Over time, the BIG-IP
system may be unable to process further connections.
Security Advisory Status
F5 Product Development has assigned ID 641360 (BIG-IP) to this vulnerability.
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:
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| |Versions known |Versions known to| |Vulnerable |
|Product |to be vulnerable|be not vulnerable|Severity |component or |
| | | | |feature |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
| | |13.1.0 | | |
| |13.0.0 |13.0.0 HF1 | | |
| |12.0.0 - 12.1.2 |12.1.3 | | |
|BIG-IP LTM |11.6.0 - 11.6.1 |12.1.2 HF1 |High |SOCKS Profile |
| |11.5.1 - 11.5.4 |11.6.2 | | |
| | |11.5.5 | | |
| | |11.2.1 - 11.4.1 | | |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
| | |13.1.0 | | |
| |13.0.0 |13.0.0 HF1 | | |
| |12.0.0 - 12.1.2 |12.1.3 | | |
|BIG-IP AAM |11.6.0 - 11.6.1 |12.1.2 HF1 |High |SOCKS Profile |
| |11.5.1 - 11.5.4 |11.6.2 | | |
| | |11.5.5 | | |
| | |11.4.1 | | |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
| | |13.1.0 | | |
| |13.0.0 |13.0.0 HF1 | | |
| |12.0.0 - 12.1.2 |12.1.3 | | |
|BIG-IP AFM |11.6.0 - 11.6.1 |12.1.2 HF1 |High |SOCKS Profile |
| |11.5.1 - 11.5.4 |11.6.2 | | |
| | |11.5.5 | | |
| | |11.4.1 | | |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
| | |13.1.0 | | |
| |13.0.0 |13.0.0 HF1 | | |
|BIG-IP |12.0.0 - 12.1.2 |12.1.3 | | |
|Analytics |11.6.0 - 11.6.1 |12.1.2 HF1 |High |SOCKS Profile |
| |11.5.1 - 11.5.4 |11.6.2 | | |
| | |11.5.5 | | |
| | |11.2.1 - 11.4.1 | | |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
| | |13.1.0 | | |
| |13.0.0 |13.0.0 HF1 | | |
| |12.0.0 - 12.1.2 |12.1.3 | | |
|BIG-IP APM |11.6.0 - 11.6.1 |12.1.2 HF1 |High |SOCKS Profile |
| |11.5.1 - 11.5.4 |11.6.2 | | |
| | |11.5.5 | | |
| | |11.2.1 - 11.4.1 | | |
| | | | | |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
| | |13.1.0 | | |
| |13.0.0 |13.0.0 HF1 | | |
| |12.0.0 - 12.1.2 |12.1.3 | | |
|BIG-IP ASM |11.6.0 - 11.6.1 |12.1.2 HF1 |High |SOCKS Profile |
| |11.5.1 - 11.5.4 |11.6.2 | | |
| | |11.5.5 | | |
| | |11.2.1 - 11.4.1 | | |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
| | |13.1.0 | | |
|BIG-IP DNS |13.0.0 |13.0.0 HF1 |High |SOCKS Profile |
| |12.0.0 - 12.1.2 |12.1.3 | | |
| | |12.1.2 HF1 | | |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
|BIG-IP Edge |None |11.2.1 |Not |None |
|Gateway | | |vulnerable| |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
| |11.6.0 - 11.6.1 |11.6.2 | | |
|BIG-IP GTM |11.5.1 - 11.5.4 |11.5.5 |High |SOCKS Profile |
| | |11.2.1 - 11.4.1 | | |
| | | | | |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
| | |13.1.0 | | |
| |13.0.0 |13.0.0 HF1 | | |
|BIG-IP Link |12.0.0 - 12.1.2 |12.1.3 | | |
|Controller |11.6.0 - 11.6.1 |12.1.2 HF1 |High |SOCKS Profile |
| |11.5.1 - 11.5.4 |11.6.2 | | |
| | |11.5.5 | | |
| | |11.2.1 -11.4.1 | | |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
| | |13.1.0 | | |
| | |13.0.0 HF1 | | |
| |13.0.0 |12.1.3 | | |
|BIG-IP PEM |12.0.0 - 12.1.2 |12.1.2 HF1 |High |SOCKS Profile |
| |11.6.0 - 11.6.1 |11.6.2 | | |
| |11.5.1 - 11.5.4 |11.5.5 | | |
| | |11.4.1 | | |
| | | | | |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
|BIG-IP PSM |None |11.4.1 |Not |None |
| | | |Vulnerable| |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
|BIG-IP |None |11.2.1 |Not |None |
|WebAccelerator | | |vulnerable| |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
| | |13.1.0 | | |
| |13.0.0 |13.0.0 HF1 | | |
|BIG-IP WebSafe |12.0.0 - 12.1.2 |12.1.3 |High |SOCKS Profile |
| |11.6.0 - 11.6.1 |12.1.2 HF1 | | |
| | |11.6.2 | | |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
|ARX |None |6.2.0 - 6.4.0 |Not |None |
| | | |vulnerable| |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
|Enterprise |None |3.1.1 |Not |None |
|Manager | | |vulnerable| |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
|BIG-IQ Cloud |None |4.4.0 - 4.5.0 |Not |None |
| | | |vulnerable| |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
|BIG-IQ Device |None |4.4.0 - 4.5.0 |Not |None |
| | | |vulnerable| |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
|BIG-IQ Security|None |4.4.0 - 4.5.0 |Not |None |
| | | |vulnerable| |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
|BIG-IQ ADC |None |4.5.0 |Not |None |
| | | |vulnerable| |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
|BIG-IQ | |5.0.0 - 5.3.0 |Not | |
|Centralized |None |4.6.0 |vulnerable|None |
|Management | | | | |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
|BIG-IQ Cloud | | |Not | |
|and |None |1.0.0 |vulnerable|None |
|Orchestration | | | | |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
|F5 iWorkflow |None |2.0.0 - 2.2.0 |Not |None |
| | | |vulnerable| |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
|LineRate |None |2.5.0 - 2.6.2 |Not |None |
| | | |vulnerable| |
|---------------+----------------+-----------------+----------+----------------|
|Traffix SDC |None |5.0.0 - 5.1.0 |Not |None |
| | |4.0.0 - 4.4.0 |vulnerable| |
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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 Versions known to be not vulnerable 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
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