SOL17113 - OpenSSH vulnerability CVE-2015-5600

Vulnerability Recommended Actions

If you are running a version listed in the Versions known to be vulnerablecolumn, 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 Severityvalues published in the previous table. The Severityvalues and other security vulnerability parameters are defined in SOL4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy.

To mitigate this vulnerability, you should permit management access to F5 products only over a secure network and limit shell access to trusted users. For more information, refer to SOL13309: Restricting access to the Configuration utility by source IP address (11.x) and SOL13092: Overview of securing access to the BIG-IP system. In addition, secure the BIG-IP system from unwanted connection attempts by controlling the level of access to each self IP address defined on the system. For more information, refer to SOL13250: Overview of port lockdown behavior (10.x - 11.x).

Supplemental Information

• SOL4918: Overview of the F5 critical issue hotfix policy
• SOL9957: Creating a custom RSS feed to view new and updated documents
• SOL9970: Subscribing to email notifications regarding F5 products
• SOL167: Downloading software and firmware from F5
• SOL13123: Managing BIG-IP product hotfixes (11.x - 12.x)
• SOL9502: BIG-IP hotfix matrix
• SOL17329: BIG-IP GTM name has changed to BIG-IP DNS
• SOL11719: Mitigating risk from SSH brute force login attacks