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F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP PEM vulnerability (K10329515)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118627

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Synopsis

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

Description

Under certain conditions, TMM may produce a core file and restart when processing compressed data though a virtual server with an associated PEM profile using the content insertion option. (CVE-2018-5508)

Impact

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) generates a core file and restarts. If configured as part of a high availability (HA) device group, the BIG-IP system fails over to the peer device.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K10329515.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K10329515

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118627

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL10329515.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 11/2/2018

Updated: 11/2/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5508

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5508