Vulnerability Recommended Actions
If you are running a version listed in the Versions known to be vulnerable column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by upgrading to a version listed in theVersions known to be not vulnerable column. If the table lists only an older version than what you are currently running, or does not list a non-vulnerable version, then no upgrade candidate currently exists.
F5 responds to vulnerabilities in accordance with the Severity values published in the previous table. TheSeverity values and other security vulnerability parameters are defined in SOL4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy.
Removing the outbound reverse SSL proxy configuration in the webd or nginx configuration
To mitigate this vulnerability, you can remove the outbound reverse SSL proxy configuration in the nginx orwebd configuration file. To do so, perform one of the following procedures, depending on the affected BIG-IQ version:
Impact of action: This procedure involves restartingwebdornginx daemon, which will cause the BIG-IQ user interface to be inaccessible. F5 recommends to perform this procedure during a scheduled maintenance window.
BIG-IQ Centralized Management 4.6.0, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0, and BIG-IQ 4.4.0 through 4.5.0
The webdconfiguration file is located at /etc/webd/webd.conf. To remove the outbound reverse SSL proxy configuration in thewebd configuration file, perform the following procedure:
tmsh stop sys service webd
cp -a /etc/webd/webd.conf /etc/webd/webd.conf.backup
server {
listen 127.0.0.1:80;
location ~ /proxy/(.+) {
resolver 8.8.8.8;
proxy_pass https://$1$is_args$args;
}
}
tmsh start sys service webd
BIG-IQ 4.3.0
The nginx configuration file is located at**/etc/nginx/nginx.conf**. To remove the outbound reverse SSL proxy configuration in thenginx configuration file, perform the following procedure:
tmsh stop sys service nginx
cp -a /etc/webd/nginx.conf /etc/webd/nginx.conf.backup
server {
listen 127.0.0.1:80;
location ~ /proxy/(.+) {
resolver 8.8.8.8;
proxy_pass https://$1$is_args$args;
}
}
tmsh start sys service nginx
Supplemental Information
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/0000/100/sol167.html
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/700/sol14736.html
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/100/sol15106.html
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/100/sol15113.html
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/4000/600/sol4602.html
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/4000/900/sol4918.html
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/9000/900/sol9957.html
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/9000/900/sol9970.html