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Rewterz Threat Advisory – F5 BIG-IP APM / Edge Client Security Bypass Vulnerability

April 2, 2019

Analysis Summary

CVE-2018-5546
The svpn and policy server components of the F5 BIG-IP APM client prior to version 7.1.7.1 for Linux and macOS runs as a privileged process and can allow an unprivileged user to get ownership of files owned by root on the local client host. A malicious local unprivileged user may gain knowledge of sensitive information, manipulate certain data, or assume super-user privileges on the local client host.

Impact

Security Bypass

Affected Vendors

F5

Affected Products

  • BIG-IP Edge Client for Mac OS X
  • BIG-IP Edge Client for Linux
  • F5 TMOS 11.x
  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) 11.x
  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) 12.x
  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) 13.x
  • F5 TMOS 12.x

Remediation

Update or upgrade to a fixed version.

BIG-IP APM:

Update to version 11.5.9, 11.6.3.3, 12.1.3.7, or 13.1.1.2.

BIG-IP Edge Client:

Update or upgrade to version 7171 or update to a fixed version of BIG-IP APM 

BIG-IP APM Clients:

Update to version 7.1.7.1 

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