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F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP AWS vulnerability (K01054113)

high Nessus Plugin ID 134956

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Synopsis

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

Description

Under certain conditions, while sending traffic, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may produce a core file or stop processing new traffic with the Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)/Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) driver on Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems.(CVE-2020-5862)

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to cause TMM to stop processing new traffic and effect a remote denial of service (DoS).

This issue does not affect any other hardware, virtual platforms, orcloud provider, as the affected driver is specific to AWS.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K01054113.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K01054113

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 134956

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL01054113.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 3/27/2020

Updated: 11/2/2023

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-2020-5862

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:/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: 3/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5862