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F5 Networks BIG-IP : TMM vulnerability (K72442354)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118695

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Synopsis

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

Description

Undisclosed traffic patterns may lead to denial of service conditions for the BIG-IP system. The configuration which exposes this condition is the BIG-IP self IP address which is part of a VLAN group and has the Port Lockdown setting configured with anything other than 'allow-all'. (CVE-2018-15320)

Impact

BIG-IP

The data plane of the BIG-IP virtual serversand the management addressare not affected. The BIG-IP self IP address that has the Port Lockdown setting configured with anything other than allow-all is affected by this vulnerability.

BIG-IQ / iWorkflow / Enterprise Manager / Traffix SDC

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

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K72442354.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K72442354

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118695

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL72442354.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 11/2/2018

Updated: 11/3/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

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-2018-15320

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15320