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F5 Networks: K12130880 (CVE-2018-15332): BIG-IP APM client for Linux and macOS vulnerability CVE-2018-15332

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F5 Networks: K12130880 (CVE-2018-15332): BIG-IP APM client for Linux and macOS vulnerability CVE-2018-15332

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/05/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
12/06/2018
Modified
09/16/2019

Description

The svpn component of the F5 BIG-IP APM client prior to version 7.1.7.2 for Linux and macOS runs as a privileged process and can allow an unprivileged user to get ownership of files owned by root on the local client host in a race condition.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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