F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP SSL profile vulnerability (K53931245)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118680

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Synopsis

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

Description

Under certain conditions, virtual servers configured with Client SSL or Server SSL profiles that make use of network hardware security module (HSM) functionality are exposed and impacted by this issue.
(CVE-2018-5524)

Impact

Malformed Transport Layer Security (TLS) requests sent to virtual servers using network HSM functionality may cause a degradation of service.

Note: If the BIG-IP system is configured with both virtual servers using network HSM functionality and virtual servers that do notusenetwork HSM functionality, only the virtual servers using network HSM are exposed to this vulnerability.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K53931245.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118680

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL53931245.nasl

Version: 1.6

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: 1.4

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-2018-5524

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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_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, Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5524

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