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F5 Networks BIG-IP : RADIUS authentication vulnerability (K62750376)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118688

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Synopsis

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

Description

Using RADIUS authentication responses from a RADIUS server with IPv6 addresses may cause TMM to crash, leading to a failover event.
(CVE-2018-5515)

Impact

BIG-IP

When a BIG-IP system receives a RADIUS authentication response from a IPv6 RADIUS server, the affected system produces a Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) core file and restarts TMM, resulting in a failover event. This vulnerability affects only BIG-IP systems configured with RADIUS authentication for BIG-IP administrative users.

BIG-IQ / F5 iWorkflow / Enterprise Manager / ARX / LineRate / Traffix SDC

There is no impact; these F5 products are not affected by this vulnerability.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K62750376.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K62750376

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118688

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL62750376.nasl

Version: 1.4

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: 6.3

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5515

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/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_domain_name_system, 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, Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5515