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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2019.2371.2 K00056379:GNU Binutils vulnerability CVE-2019-9077 13 November 2020 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: F5 BIG-IP Products F5 Traffix SDC Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Mitigation CVE Names: CVE-2019-9077 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K00056379 Revision History: November 13 2020: Vendor updated advisory including product table July 1 2019: Initial Release - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K00056379: GNU Binutils vulnerability CVE-2019-9077 Original Publication Date: 24 May, 2019 Latest Publication Date: 13 Nov, 2020 Security Advisory Description An issue was discovered in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in process_mips_specific in readelf.c via a malformed MIPS option section. (CVE-2019-9077) Impact Traffix SDC This vulnerability can be exploited to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition and cause the affected services to deny access for legitimate users. BIG-IP, BIG-IQ, F5 iWorkflow, and Enterprise Manager There is no impact for these F5 products; they are not affected by this vulnerability. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID CPF-25084 and CPF-25085 (Traffix SDC) 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| | | | | +-----------------+------+----------+-----------+-----------+------+----------+ | |16.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable | | | | | +------+----------+-----------+ | | | | |15.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable | | | | |BIG-IP (LTM, AAM,+------+----------+-----------+ | | | |AFM, Analytics, |14.x |None |Not | | | | |APM, ASM, DNS, | | |applicable |Not | | | |Edge Gateway, +------+----------+-----------+vulnerable^|None |None | |FPS, GTM, Link |13.x |None |Not |2 | | | |Controller, PEM, | | |applicable | | | | |WebAccelerator) +------+----------+-----------+ | | | | |12.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable | | | | | +------+----------+-----------+ | | | | |11.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable | | | | +-----------------+------+----------+-----------+-----------+------+----------+ |Enterprise |3.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | |Manager | | |applicable |vulnerable | | | +-----------------+------+----------+-----------+-----------+------+----------+ | |6.x |None |Not | | | | |BIG-IQ | | |applicable |Not | | | |Centralized +------+----------+-----------+vulnerable |None |None | |Management |5.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable | | | | +-----------------+------+----------+-----------+-----------+------+----------+ |F5 iWorkflow |2.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable |vulnerable | | | +-----------------+------+----------+-----------+-----------+------+----------+ |Traffix SDC |5.x |5.0.0 - |None |Medium |5.3 |Binutils ^| | | |5.1.0 | | | |3 | +-----------------+------+----------+-----------+-----------+------+----------+ ^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. ^2 The specified products contain the affected code. However, F5 identifies the vulnerability status as Not vulnerable because the attacker cannot exploit the code in default, standard, or recommended configurations. ^3For more information about GNU Binutils, refer to https://www.gnu.org/ software/binutils/. Note: This link takes you to a resource outside of AskF5. The third party could remove the document 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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