CVE-2018-5540
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-07-19 14:00
Modified
2024-09-17 00:36
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
f5sirt@f5.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104920Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
f5sirt@f5.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041340Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
f5sirt@f5.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041341Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
f5sirt@f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K82038789Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
F5 Networks, Inc.BIG-IP (DNS, GTM)
F5 Networks, Inc.Enterprise Manager
F5 Networks, Inc.BIG-IQ Centralized Management
F5 Networks, Inc.BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration
F5 Networks, Inc.F5 iWorkflow
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