SOL16949 - Expat vulnerabilities CVE-2012-0876 and CVE-2012-1148

Important: *Certain product versions contain the affected code; however, those product versions do not parse untrusted XML input, and are, therefore, not exploitable.

Vulnerability Recommended Actions

If the previous table lists a version in the** Versions known to be not vulnerable** column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by upgrading to the listed version. If the listed version is older than the version you are currently running, or if the table does not list any version in the column, then no upgrade candidate currently exists.

F5 responds to vulnerabilities in accordance with the Severity values published in the previous table. The Severity values and other security vulnerability parameters are defined in SOL4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy.

BIG-IP ASM

When the BIG-IP ASM system is provisioned, the custom attack signature portion of the Web UI is vulnerable; this situation requires an administrative-level user to interface with the vulnerable component.

Supplemental Information

• SOL9970: Subscribing to email notifications regarding F5 products
• SOL9957: Creating a custom RSS feed to view new and updated documents
• SOL4918: Overview of the F5 critical issue hotfix policy
• SOL167: Downloading software and firmware from F5