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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2019.1512.2 K24401914:DNS vulnerability CVE-2019-6612 29 May 2019 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: F5 BIG-IP Products Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2019-6612 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K24401914 Revision History: May 29 2019: Added 15.x branch May 2 2019: Initial Release - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K24401914:DNS vulnerability CVE-2019-6612 Security Advisory Original Publication Date: 01 May, 2019 Latest Publication Date: 29 May, 2019 Security Advisory Description On BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.2-11.5.8, DNS query TCP connections that are aborted before receiving a response from a DNS cache may cause TMM to restart. (CVE-2019-6612) Impact A BIG-IP virtual server associated with a TCP and DNS profile that has DNS Cache enabled will be affected by this vulnerability. The affected BIG-IP system temporarily fails to process traffic as it recovers from a Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) restart, and devices configured in a device group may fail over. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 756774 (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. 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| | | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ | |15.x |None |15.0.0 | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |14.x |14.0.0 - |14.1.0.2 | | | | | | |14.1.0 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | |BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, |13.x |13.0.0 - |13.1.1.5 | | | | |AFM, APM, ASM, DNS,| |13.1.1 | | | | | |GTM, Link +------+----------+----------+High |7.5 |DNS Cache | |Controller, PEM) |12.x |12.1.0 - |12.1.4.1 | | | | | | |12.1.4 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | | |11.6.1 - | | | | | | |11.x |11.6.3 |11.6.4 | | | | | | |11.5.1 - |11.5.9 | | | | | | |11.5.8 | | | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ | |14.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |13.x |None |Not | | | | |BIG-IP (Analytics, | | |applicable|Not | | | |Edge Gateway, FPS, +------+----------+----------+vulnerable|None |None | |WebAccelerator) |12.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |11.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ |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| | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ |F5 iWorkflow |2.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ |Traffix SDC |5.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ ^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 None Supplemental Information o K51812227: Understanding Security Advisory versioning o K41942608: Overview of Security Advisory articles o K4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy o K4918: Overview of the F5 critical issue hotfix policy o K9502: BIG-IP hotfix and point release matrix o K167: Downloading software and firmware from F5 o K9970: Subscribing to email notifications regarding F5 products o K9957: Creating a custom RSS feed to view new and updated documents - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. If you do not know who that is, please send an email to auscert@auscert.org.au and we will forward your request to the appropriate person. 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