K17407 : Datastor kernel vulnerability CVE-2015-7394

Security Advisory Description

The datastor kernel module in F5 BIG-IP Analytics, APM, ASM, Link Controller, and LTM 11.1.0 before 12.0.0, BIG-IP AAM 11.4.0 before 12.0.0, BIG-IP AFM, PEM 11.3.0 before 12.0.0, BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, and WOM 11.1.0 through 11.3.0, BIG-IP GTM 11.1.0 through 11.6.0, BIG-IP PSM 11.1.0 through 11.4.1, BIG-IQ Cloud and Security 4.0.0 through 4.5.0, BIG-IQ Device 4.2.0 through 4.5.0, BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0, and Enterprise Manager 3.0.0 through 3.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by leveraging permission to upload and execute code. (CVE-2015-7394)

Impact

An authenticated attacker who can upload and run customized code on the BIG-IP system may be able to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack and/or gain administrative access to the system.

Note: Access to the Advanced Shell (bash) is required to run this attack.