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F5 Networks BIG-IP : iControl REST vulnerability (K67825238)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 126406
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.Description
Malformed http requests made to an undisclosed iControl REST endpoint can lead to infinite loop of the restjavad process. (CVE-2019-6638)Impact
All authenticated users, regardless of role, canexploit this vulnerability, which can result in a denial-of-service (DoS) for all iControl REST operations. This impacts control plane iControl REST functionality and some portions of the Configuration utility. Data plane traffic is not impacted by this issue.
Solution
Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K67825238.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 126406
File Name: f5_bigip_SOL67825238.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Published: 7/2/2019
Updated: 11/2/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6638
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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_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, 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
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: 7/1/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-6638