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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2018.2468.7
K95343321: Linux kernel vulnerability (SegmentSmack) CVE-2018-5390
16 April 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: F5 products
Publisher: F5 Networks
Operating System: Network Appliance
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Mitigation
CVE Names: CVE-2018-5390
Reference: ESB-2018.2401
ESB-2018.2380
ESB-2018.2361
ESB-2018.2348.3
Original Bulletin:
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K95343321
Revision History: April 16 2019: Updated with latest publication
April 4 2019: Updated with latest publication
March 27 2019: Updated with latest publication
March 22 2019: Updated product table
March 13 2019: Updated product table
December 14 2018: Updated product table
August 21 2018: Initial Release
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K95343321:Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-5390
Security Advisory
Original Publication Date: 07 Aug, 2018
Latest Publication Date: 16 Apr, 2019
Security Advisory Description
Linux kernel versions 4.9+ can be forced to make very expensive calls to
tcp_collapse_ofo_queue() and tcp_prune_ofo_queue() for every incoming packet
which can lead to a denial of service. (CVE-2018-5390 also known as
SegmentSmack)
Impact
For products with vulnerable versions, this vulnerability allows a remote
attacker to disrupt service. This vulnerability affects only the BIG-IP
management port.
For products with None in the Versions known to be vulnerable column, there is
no impact.
Security Advisory Status
F5 Product Development has assigned IDs 739970 (BIG-IP), and ID CPF-24972 and
CPF-24973 (Traffix SDC) to these vulnerabilities.
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. For more information
about security advisory versioning, refer to K51812227: Understanding Security
Advisory versioning.
+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+
| | |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 | | | |
| +------+----------+----------+ | | |
|BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, |13.x |13.0.0 - |13.1.1.4 | | | |
|AFM, Analytics, | |13.1.1 | | | | |
|APM, ASM, DNS, +------+----------+----------+ | |Linux |
|Edge Gateway, FPS,|12.x |12.1.0 - |12.1.4.1 |High |7.5 |kernel |
|GTM, Link | |12.1.4 | | | |(management|
|Controller, PEM, +------+----------+----------+ | |port) |
|WebAccelerator) | |11.6.1 - | | | | |
| |11.x |11.6.3 |11.6.4 | | | |
| | |11.5.1 - |11.5.9 | | | |
| | |11.5.8 | | | | |
+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+
|ARX |6.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+
|Enterprise Manager|3.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+
| |6.x |None |Not | | | |
|BIG-IQ Centralized| | |applicable|Not | | |
|Management +------+----------+----------+vulnerable|None |None |
| |5.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| | |
+------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-----------+
| |5.x |5.0.0 - |None | | | |
|Traffix SDC | |5.1.0 | |High |7.5 |Linux |
| +------+----------+----------+ | |kernel |
| |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 management access to F5
products only over a secure network and restrict command line access for
affected systems to trusted users. For more information, refer to K13309:
Restricting access to the Configuration utility by source IP address (11.x -
14.x) and K13092: Overview of securing access to the BIG-IP system.
Additionally, the BIG-IP standard virtual server mitigates this vulnerability
for back-end servers using the full proxy architecture. The BIG-IP forwarding
virtual server and its variants do not provide that mitigation for back-end
servers.
Supplemental Information
o K51812227: Understanding Security Advisory versioning
o K41942608: Overview of AskF5 Security Advisory articles
o K4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy
o K4918: Overview of the F5 critical issue hotfix policy
o K9970: Subscribing to email notifications regarding F5 products
o K9957: Creating a custom RSS feed to view new and updated documents
o K74374841: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-5391
o K8082: Overview of TCP connection setup for BIG-IP LTM virtual server types
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