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F5 Networks Alert

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24 September, 2020

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2020-1828

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Description:

F5 Networks has released an alert to address a vulnerability in the following products:

  • BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, Advanced WAF, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DDHD, DNS, FPS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, SSLO)
    • 16.0.0
    • 15.1.0
    • 14.1.0 - 14.1.2
    • 13.1.0 - 13.1.3
    • 12.1.0 - 12.1.5
    • 11.6.1 - 11.6.5
  • BIG-IQ Centralized Management
    • 7.0.0 - 7.1.0
    • 6.0.0 - 6.1.0
    • 5.4.0
  • Traffix SDC
    • 5.1.0

* Vulnerability in SCP (a component of OpenSSH).

Threats:

Attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing arbitrary commands.

Best practice and Recommendations:

F5 Networks recommends doing the following:

  • Restrict SCP access to the BIG-IP Configuration utility to only trusted administrators through local or network firewalls.
  • block SCP access by changing the Port Lockdown setting to Allow None for each self IP in the system.
  • If you must open any ports, you should use the Allow Custom option, taking care to disallow SSH access.

For more information:

Last updated at 24 September, 2020

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