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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2019.4768.2 TMOS Shell vulnerability CVE-2019-19151 2 July 2020 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: F5 BIG-IP Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Unauthorised Access -- Existing Account Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2019-19151 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K21711352 Revision History: July 2 2020: Vendor released minor update December 23 2019: Initial Release - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K21711352:TMOS Shell vulnerability CVE-2019-19151 Security Advisory Original Publication Date: 21 Dec, 2019 Latest Publication Date: 02 Jul, 2020 Security Advisory Description Authenticated users granted TMOS Shell (tmsh) privileges can access objects on the file system, which would normally be disallowed by tmsh restrictions. This allows for authenticated, low privileged attackers to access objects on the file system, which would not normally be allowed. (CVE-2019-19151) Note: This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-5516. Impact This vulnerability allows unauthorized privileges to authenticated administrative users with TMOS Shell (tmsh) access. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 746091 (BIG-IP), ID 709043 (BIG-IQ), and ID 345678 (Enterprise Manager) 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 |15.0.0 - |None | | | | | | |15.1.0 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | |BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, |14.x |14.0.0 - |14.1.2.4 | | | | |AFM, Analytics, | |14.1.2 | | | | | |APM, ASM, DNS, Edge+------+----------+----------+ | | | |Gateway, FPS, GTM, |13.x |13.0.0 - |13.1.3.4 |Low |3.1 |tmsh | |Link Controller, | |13.1.3 | | | | | |PEM, +------+----------+----------+ | | | |WebAccelerator) |12.x |12.1.0 - |12.1.5.2 | | | | | | |12.1.5 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |11.x |11.5.1 - |None | | | | | | |11.6.5 | | | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ |Enterprise Manager |3.x |3.1.1 |None |Low |3.1 |tmsh | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ | |7.x |7.0.0 |None | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | |BIG-IQ Centralized |6.x |6.0.0 - |None | | | | |Management | |6.1.0 | |Low |3.1 |tmsh | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |5.x |5.0.0 - |None | | | | | | |5.4.0 | | | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ |F5 iWorkflow |2.x |2.3.0 |None |Low |3.1 |tmsh | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ | |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. Mitigation There is no mitigation for this vulnerability. However, administrative users that have only Configuration utility permissions cannot exploit this vulnerability. Acknowledgements F5 would like to acknowledge Rich Mirch for bringing this issue to our attention and following the highest standards of responsible disclosure. 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 K13123: Managing BIG-IP product hotfixes (11.x - 15.x) o K15106: Managing BIG-IQ product hotfixes o K15113: BIG-IQ 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 o K37442533: TMOS Shell vulnerability CVE-2018-5516 - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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