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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2020.3213.4 PostgreSQL vulnerability CVE-2020-13692 24 August 2021 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: BIG-IP BIG-IQ Centralized Management Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2020-13692 Reference: ESB-2020.3084 ESB-2020.2467 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K23157312 Revision History: August 24 2021: Vendor updated fixed software details August 10 2021: Updated mitigation information and versions known to be vulnerable January 6 2021: Additional vulnerable versions added by vendor September 21 2020: Initial Release - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K23157312: PostgreSQL vulnerability CVE-2020-13692 Original Publication Date: 19 Sep, 2020 Latest Publication Date: 24 Aug, 2021 Security Advisory Description PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (aka PgJDBC) before 42.2.13 allows XXE. (CVE-2020-13692) Impact F5 does not know of any specific F5 attack vectors; however, the threat could theoretically affect system availability and data confidentiality. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 940317 (BIG-IP) and ID 940393 (BIG-IQ) 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| | | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ | |16.x |16.0.0 - |None | | | | | | |16.1.0 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |15.x |15.1.0 - |None | | | | | | |15.1.3 | | | | | |BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, +------+----------+----------+ | | | |Advanced WAF, AFM, |14.x |14.1.0 - |14.1.4.4 | | | | |Analytics, APM, | |14.1.4 | | | |PostgreSQL| |ASM, DDHD, DNS, +------+----------+----------+High |8.5 |monitor, | |FPS, GTM, Link |13.x |13.1.0 - |None | | |TMUI | |Controller, PEM, | |13.1.4 | | | | | |SSLO) +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |12.x |12.1.0 - |Will not | | | | | | |12.1.6 |fix | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |11.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ | |8.x |8.0.0 - |None | | | | | | |8.1.0 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |7.x |7.0.0 - |None | | | | |BIG-IQ Centralized | |7.1.0 | | | |Internal | |Management +------+----------+----------+High |7.7 |PostgreSQL| | |6.x |None |Not | | |database | | | | |applicable| | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |5.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +-------------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+ |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. Recommended Actions If you are running a version listed in the Versions known to be vulnerable column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by installing a version listed in the Fixes introduced in column. If the Fixes introduced in column does not list a version for your branch, then no update candidate currently exists for that branch and F5 recommends upgrading to a version with the fix (refer to the table). If the Fixes introduced in column lists a version prior to the one you are running, in the same branch, then your version should have the fix. Mitigation Until it is possible to install a fixed version, you can use the following sections as temporary mitigations. These mitigations restrict access to the Configuration utility to only trusted networks or devices, thereby limiting the attack surface. o Block Configuration utility access through self IP addresses o Block Configuration utility access through the management interface Block Configuration utility access through self IP addresses You can block all access to the Configuration utility of your BIG-IP system using self IP addresses. To do so, you can change the Port Lockdown setting to Allow None for each self IP address on the system. If you must open any ports, you should use the Allow Custom option, taking care to disallow access to the Configuration utility. By default, the Configuration utility listens on TCP port 443. If you modified the default port, ensure that you block access to the alternate port you configured. Note: Performing this action prevents all access to the Configuration utility and iControl REST using the self IP address. These changes may also impact other services, including breaking high availability (HA) configurations. Before you make changes to the configuration of your self IP addresses, F5 strongly recommends that you refer to the following articles: o K17333: Overview of port lockdown behavior (12.x - 16.x) o K13092: Overview of securing access to the BIG-IP system o K31003634: The Configuration utility of the Single-NIC BIG-IP Virtual Edition now defaults to TCP port 8443 o K51358480: The single-NIC BIG-IP VE may erroneously revert to the default management httpd port after a configuration reload If you must expose port 443 on your self IP addresses and want to restrict access to specific IP ranges, you may consider using the packet filtering functionality built in to the BIG-IP system. For more information, refer to the following article: o K13383: Configuring CIDR Network Addresses for the BIG-IP packet filter Block Configuration utility access through the management interface To mitigate this vulnerability for affected F5 products, you should restrict management access to only trusted users and devices to F5 products over a secure network. For more information about securing access to BIG-IP systems, refer to the following articles: o K13309: Restricting access to the Configuration utility by source IP address (11.x - 16.x) o K13092: Overview of securing access to the BIG-IP system o K46122561: Restricting access to the management interface using network firewall rules Supplemental Information 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 - 16.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 - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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