CVE-2018-5540

published 2018-07-19

CVE-2018-5540: On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.5.1-11.5.6, Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0-5.1.0, BIG-IQ…

Priority P4 19 medium 4.4 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR H UI N S U C H I N A N

On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.5.1-11.5.6, Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0-5.1.0, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0, or F5 iWorkflow 2.1.0-2.3.0 the big3d process does not irrevocably minimize group privileges at start up.

Affected

22 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
f5	big-ip_dns	—	—
f5	big-ip_domain_name_system	11.5.1 – 11.5.6	—
f5	big-ip_domain_name_system	11.6.0 – 11.6.3.1	—
f5	big-ip_domain_name_system	12.1.0 – 12.1.3.3	—
f5	big-ip_domain_name_system	13.0.0 – 13.0.1	—
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.5.1 – 11.5.6	—
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.6.0 – 11.6.3.1	—
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	12.1.0 – 12.1.3.3	—
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	13.0.0 – 13.0.1	—
f5	big-ip_gtm	—	—
f5	big-iq	—	—
f5	big-iq_centralized_management	5.0.0 – 5.1.0	—
f5	big-iq_cloud_and_orchestration	—	—
f5	big-iq_cloud_and_orchestration	—	—
f5	enterprise_manager	—	—
f5	enterprise_manager	—	—
f5	f5_iworkflow	—	—
f5	f5_iworkflow	2.1.0 – 2.3.0	—
f5_networks_inc	big-iq_centralized_management	—	—
f5_networks_inc	big-iq_cloud_and_orchestration	—	—
f5_networks_inc	enterprise_manager	—	—
f5_networks_inc	f5_iworkflow	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 4.4 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 2.1 LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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