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F5 Networks BIG-IP : Linux kernel vulnerability (K74413297)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 104194

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

The report_fixup functions in the HID subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 might allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device that provides a small report descriptor, related to (1) drivers/hid/hid-cherry.c, (2) drivers/hid/hid-kye.c, (3) drivers/hid/hid-lg.c, (4) drivers/hid/hid-monterey.c, (5) drivers/hid/hid-petalynx.c, and (6) drivers/hid/hid-sunplus.c.
(CVE-2014-3184)

Impact

An attacker may be able to gain access to unauthorized information, perform unauthorized modification of data, or cause disruption of services. This vulnerability requires physical access to the device.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K74413297.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K74413297

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 104194

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL74413297.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Published: 10/27/2017

Updated: 3/10/2021

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_link_controller, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3184

BID: 69768