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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2021.0508 BIG-IP AFM vulnerability CVE-2021-22983 11 February 2021 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: BIG-IP (AFM) products Publisher: F5 Networks Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Cross-site Scripting -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2021-22983 Original Bulletin: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K76518456 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- K76518456: BIG-IP AFM vulnerability CVE-2021-22983 Original Publication Date: 11 Feb, 2021 Security Advisory Description Authenticated users accessing the Configuration utility for AFM are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack if they attempt to access a maliciously-crafted URL. (CVE-2021-22983) Impact BIG-IP When you access the BIG-IP system using a client that has the BIG-IP AFM module provisioned, your client may be exposed to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This vulnerability can only be exploited via the control plane and cannot be exploited via the data plane. BIG-IQ and Traffix SDC There is no impact; this vulnerability does not affect these F5 products. Security Advisory Status F5 Product Development has assigned ID 639773 (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 or | | | |be |in | |1 |feature | | | |vulnerable| | | | | +----------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-------------+ | |16.x |None |16.0.0 | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |15.x |15.1.0 |15.1.1 | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |14.x |14.1.0 - |14.1.3.1 | | | | | | |14.1.3 | | | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | |BIG-IP | |BIG-IP (AFM) |13.x |13.1.0 - |13.1.3.5 |Medium |5.4 |Configuration| | | |13.1.3 | | | |Utility | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |12.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |11.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +----------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-------------+ | |16.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |15.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | |BIG-IP (LTM, +------+----------+----------+ | | | |AAM, Advanced |14.x |None |Not | | | | |WAF, Analytics, | | |applicable|Not | | | |APM, ASM, DDHD, +------+----------+----------+Vulnerable|None |None | |DNS, FPS, GTM, |13.x |None |Not | | | | |Link Controller,| | |applicable| | | | |PEM, SSLO) +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |12.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | | +------+----------+----------+ | | | | |11.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +----------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-------------+ | |7.x |None |Not | | | | |BIG-IQ | | |applicable|Not | | | |Centralized +------+----------+----------+vulnerable|None |None | |Management |6.x |None |Not | | | | | | | |applicable| | | | +----------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-------------+ |Traffix SDC |5.x |None |Not |Not |None |None | | | | |applicable|vulnerable| | | +----------------+------+----------+----------+----------+------+-------------+ ^1 The 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 You can mitigate this issue by avoiding access to the BIG-IP Configuration utility through any untrusted URL links. 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