MVPit seems the only way to mitigate CVE-2012-6638* is to upgrade to 11.5.x, something which is not always possible, certainly in short time.
has anyone implemented any other methods or contacted F5 about fixes in lower versions?
*) http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/300/sol15304.html
NacreousThere was a comment on the web that Red Hat 5 and 6 are not affected. AFAIK the base OS for BIGIP image is RHEL 5 but only internal F5 people would be able to tell you for sure.
CirrostratusIt's actually CentOS now.
No idea around mitigations I'm afraid but remember this only relates to your management interface which I'd hope is on a secure network anyway right?
MVPthank you what lies beneath, i must have read over that part, makes things a lot less serious.