F5 Networks BIG-IP : TMM vulnerability (K45611803)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118667

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Synopsis

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

Description

F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, or 11.6.0-11.6.3.1 virtual servers with HTTP/2 profiles enabled are vulnerable to 'HPACK Bomb'.
(CVE-2018-5530)

Impact

HPACK bombs are designed to consume an abnormal amount of memory resources on a target system, which can result in a denial of service (DoS). This issue is exposed only on the BIG-IP system's data plane;
there is no control plane exposure for this issue.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K45611803.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118667

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL45611803.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Family: F5 Networks Local Security Checks

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5530

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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_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_local_traffic_manager, 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: 7/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5530

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