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 the**Versions 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.
To mitigate this vulnerability for BIG-IP and Enterprise Manager systems, you should permit management access to F5 products only over a secure network and limit shell access to only trusted users. For more information, refer to SOL13309: Restricting access to the Configuration utility by source IP address (11.x - 12.x) and SOL13092: Overview of securing access to the BIG-IP system.
Additionally, for Enterprise Manager, you should not enable the Remote Access feature to provide remote access to the statistical database. If you have enabled the Remote Access feature, you should disable it by performing the following procedure:
Disabling the Remote Access feature
Impact of action: You will no longer be allowed to remotely access the MySQL statistical database.
Supplemental Information
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/0000/100/sol167.html
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/000/sol10025.html
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/100/sol13123.html
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/16000/300/sol16355.html
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/4000/900/sol4918.html
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/9000/500/sol9502.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