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F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP ARM BGP vulnerability (K17264695)

high Nessus Plugin ID 119894

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to 11.5.9 / 11.6.3.3 / 12.1.3.7 / 13.1.1.2 / 14.0.0.3 / 14.1.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K17264695 advisory.

 - The BGP daemon (bgpd) in all IP Infusion ZebOS versions to 7.10.6 and all OcNOS versions to 1.3.3.145 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service attack via an autonomous system (AS) path containing 8 or more autonomous system number (ASN) elements. (CVE-2018-17539)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K17264695.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K17264695

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119894

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL17264695.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 12/28/2018

Updated: 2/28/2024

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-2018-17539

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_local_traffic_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: 12/27/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17539