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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2018.1501.3
K33924005: Oracle Java SE vulnerability CVE-2018-2799
18 December 2018
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: F5 BIG-IP products
F5 Enterprise Manager
F5 BIG-IQ products
F5 iWorkflow
F5 Traffix SDC
Publisher: F5 Networks
Operating System: Network Appliance
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-2799
Reference: ASB-2018.0085
ESB-2018.1226
Original Bulletin:
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K33924005
Revision History: December 18 2018: Added 14.1.0 release
May 22 2018: Update from F5 addressing BIG-IP iHealth
May 16 2018: Initial Release
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K33924005: Oracle Java SE vulnerability CVE-2018-2799
Security Advisory
Original Publication Date: May 16, 2018
Updated Date: Dec 18, 2018
Security Advisory Description
Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle
Java SE (subcomponent: JAXP). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE:
7u171, 8u162 and 10; Java SE Embedded: 8u161; JRockit: R28.3.17. Easily
exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access
via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit.
Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to
cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded,
JRockit. Note: Applies to client and server deployment of Java. This
vulnerability can be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications
and sandboxed Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs
in the specified Component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications
or sandboxed Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.0 Base Score
5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/
I:N/A:L). (CVE-2018-2799)
Impact
BIG-IP, BIG-IQ, F5 iWorkflow, Enterprise Manager, and Traffix SDC
An attacker may cause a partial denial of service (DoS) to the affected Java
component when the vulnerability is exploited.
ARX and LineRate
There is no impact; these F5 products are not affected by this vulnerability.
Security Advisory Status
F5 Product Development has assigned IDs 717742 and 717745 (BIG-IP), ID 718146
(Enterprise Manager), ID 718147 (BIG-IQ and iWorkflow), and ID CPF-24880 and
CPF-24881 (Traffix SDC) to this vulnerability. Additionally, BIG-IP iHealth may
list Heuristic H33924005 on the Diagnostics > Identified > Medium page.
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 or hotfixes that
address the vulnerability, refer to the following table.
+-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
| | |Versions |Fixes | |CVSSv3|Vulnerable|
|Product |Branch|known to |introduced|Severity |score^|component |
| | |be |in | |1 |or feature|
| | |vulnerable| | | | |
+-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
| |14.x |14.0.0 |14.1.0 | | | |
| | | |14.0.0.3 | | | |
|BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, +------+----------+----------+ | | |
|AFM, Analytics, |13.x |13.0.0 - |13.1.1.2 | | | |
|APM, ASM, DNS, Edge| |13.1.1 | | | |OpenJDK |
|Gateway, FPS, GTM, +------+----------+----------+Medium |5.3 |JRE |
|Link Controller, |12.x |12.1.0 - |12.1.3.7 | | | |
|PEM, | |12.1.3 | | | | |
|WebAccelerator) +------+----------+----------+ | | |
| |11.x |11.2.1 - |None | | | |
| | |11.6.3 | | | | |
+-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
|ARX |6.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
|Enterprise Manager |3.x |3.1.1 |None |Medium |5.3 |OpenJDK |
| | | | | | |JRE |
+-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
| |5.x |5.0.0 - |None | | | |
|BIG-IQ Centralized | |5.4.0 | |Medium |5.3 |OpenJDK |
|Management +------+----------+----------+ | |JRE |
| |4.x |4.6.0 |None | | | |
+-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
|BIG-IQ Cloud and |1.x |1.0.0 |None |Medium |5.3 |OpenJDK |
|Orchestration | | | | | |JRE |
+-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
|F5 iWorkflow |2.x |2.0.2 - |None |Medium |5.3 |OpenJDK |
| | |2.3.0 | | | |JRE |
+-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
|LineRate |2.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
| |5.x |5.0.0 - |None | | | |
|Traffix SDC | |5.1.0 | |Medium |5.3 |Java SE |
| +------+----------+----------+ | |(JAXP) |
| |4.x |4.4.0 |None | | | |
+-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
^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
To mitigate this vulnerability, you should permit connectivity access to the
affected F5 products only over a secure network and restrict access for the
affected systems to only trusted users. For more information, refer to one or
more of these articles:
o K13309: Restricting access to the Configuration utility by source IP
address (11.x - 14.x)
o K13092: Overview of securing access to the BIG-IP system
o K31401771: Restricting access to the BIG-IQ or F5 iWorkflow user interface
by source IP address
o K39403510: Managing the port lockdown configuration on the BIG-IQ system
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