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Vulnerability

Philips ties IntelliSpace PACS to F5's batch of 19 BIG-IP, F5OS and NGINX vulnerabilities

MedDevice Cyber Staff · Nov 3 · 2 min read · Via Philips product security advisories, 2022 archive

Philips said on November 3, 2022, that it was monitoring a newly released list of 19 security vulnerabilities in F5 products, and listed IntelliSpace PACS as the related Philips product. The F5 issues affect numerous BIG-IP, F5OS and NGINX versions and modules.

The Philips notice carries no CVE list or severity of its own. Nineteen issues across three F5 product families is a patching job for whoever owns the appliances in front of the archive, and that owner should be named before the next batch arrives.

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Remediation Desk

For ProvidersOperators, hospitals, and clinical engineering

Philips listed IntelliSpace PACS against 19 F5 vulnerabilities in BIG-IP, F5OS and NGINX on November 3, 2022, without naming a Philips fix. Apply F5's updates to the appliances serving the PACS and confirm support with Philips service.

Map the F5 estate. List BIG-IP, F5OS and NGINX instances serving IntelliSpace PACS with their versions.
Apply F5 updates. Patch those instances per F5's guidance for the 19 issues.
Name an owner. Assign one team responsible for F5 patching in front of clinical systems.

For Device ManufacturersAm I affected, and how to fix the class

Am I affected?

This class applies to devices with the signals and properties below. Check them against your product to gauge exposure.

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Off-the-shelf software

Fix the class in your product

The advisory is not for a bug you wrote; it is in a component you embed. As the maker, pin dependencies to fixed versions, generate an SBOM on every build including transitive components, and gate the pipeline on known-vulnerable components so an advisory maps to your products automatically.

Pin and inventory. Exact versions, and a CycloneDX or SPDX SBOM as a build artifact including transitive deps.
Gate on advisories. A CI scan fails a release carrying a component with a known advisory.
Own the field patch path. Know how you deliver a dependency or platform patch to fielded devices before you need it.

Mapped EMB3D mitigations

Questions & Answers

What F5 vulnerabilities did Philips report for IntelliSpace PACS in November 2022?

On November 3, 2022, Philips said it was monitoring 19 F5 security vulnerabilities affecting numerous BIG-IP, F5OS and NGINX versions and modules, and listed IntelliSpace PACS as the related product.

Does the 19-vulnerability F5 release affect Philips IntelliSpace PACS?

Philips named IntelliSpace PACS in its November 3, 2022 advisory on 19 F5 vulnerabilities in BIG-IP, F5OS and NGINX and said it was monitoring developments.

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