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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2018.2154 K27391542: BIG-IP APM per-request policy object vulnerability CVE-2018-5536 25 July 2018 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: F5 BIG-IP APM products Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2018-5536 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K27391542 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K27391542: BIG-IP APM per-request policy object vulnerability CVE-2018-5536 Security Advisory Original Publication Date: Jul 25, 2018 Security Advisory Description A remote attacker through undisclosed measures, may be able to exploit a virtual server configured with a BIG-IP APM per-request policy object and cause a memory leak in the BIG-IP APM module. (CVE-2018-5536) Impact This vulnerability allows a disruption of service. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 710244 (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 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| | | | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+ | |13.x |13.0.0 - |13.1.0.8 | | |Virtual | | | |13.1.0 | | | |server | | +------+----------+----------+ | |configured | |BIG-IP (APM) |12.x |12.1.0 - |12.1.3.6 |High |7.5 |with an APM| | | |12.1.3 | | | |per-request| | +------+----------+----------+ | |policy | | |11.x |None |Not | | |object. | | | | |applicable| | | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+ |BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, |13.x |None |Not | | | | |AFM, Analytics, | | |applicable| | | | |ASM, DNS, Edge +------+----------+----------+ | | | |Gateway, GTM, Link|12.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | |Controller, PEM, | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | |WebAccelerator, +------+----------+----------+ | | | |WebSafe) |11.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+ |ARX |6.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+ |Enterprise Manager|3.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+ | |5.x |None |Not | | | | |BIG-IQ Centralized| | |applicable|Not | | | |Management +------+----------+----------+vulnerable|None |None | | |4.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+ |BIG-IQ Cloud and |1.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | |Orchestration | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+ |F5 iWorkflow |2.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+ |LineRate |2.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+ | |5.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable|Not | | | |Traffix SDC +------+----------+----------+vulnerable|None |None | | |4.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+ ^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. 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