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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.3756
Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2017-18552
8 October 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: F5 Traffix SDC
Publisher: F5 Networks
Operating System: Network Appliance
Impact/Access: Modify Arbitrary Files -- Existing Account
Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: None
CVE Names: CVE-2017-18552
Original Bulletin:
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K02460950
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K02460950:Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2017-18552
Security Advisory
Original Publication Date: 08 Oct, 2019
Security Advisory Description
An issue was discovered in net/rds/af_rds.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.
There is an out of bounds write and read in the function
rds_recv_track_latency. (CVE-2017-18552)
Impact
An attacker may potentially be able to cause modification or disclosure of
information.
Security Advisory Status
F5 Product Development has assigned CPF-25144 (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, point 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 |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
| +------+----------+----------+ | | |
|BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, |14.x |None |Not | | | |
|AFM, Analytics, | | |applicable| | | |
|APM, ASM, DNS, Edge+------+----------+----------+ | | |
|Gateway, FPS, GTM, |13.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
|Link Controller, | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
|PEM, +------+----------+----------+ | | |
|WebAccelerator) |12.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
| +------+----------+----------+ | | |
| |11.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
+-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
|Enterprise Manager |3.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
| |7.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
| +------+----------+----------+ | | |
|BIG-IQ Centralized |6.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
|Management | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
| +------+----------+----------+ | | |
| |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 |Linux |
| | |5.1.0 | | | |kernel |
+-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+
^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
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