F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP crypto driver vulnerability (K43815022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 136138

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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 12.1.5.1 / 14.1.2.4 / 15.1.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K43815022 advisory.

Under certain conditions, the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) cryptography driver may produce a Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) core file.(CVE-2020-5882)ImpactThe BIG-IP system temporarily fails to process traffic as it recovers from TMM restarting, and systems configured as part of a high availability (HA) group may fail over.This vulnerability applies to the following platforms:i4000, i4600, i4800, YK i4000i5000, i5600, i5800, HRC-i5000, HRC-i5800, i5820-DFi7000, i7600, i7800, i7000-D, i7820-DFi10000, i10600, i10800, i10000-D, HRC-i10800i11000, i11600, i11800, i11000-DS, i11000-Di15000, i15600, i15800, i15000-NVIPRION B4400N bladeBIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE)Note: BIG-IP VE cryptographic and compression offload is a licensed feature available only on the KVM hypervisor. If you have licensed this feature(a BIG-IP VE using the affected Intel QAT hardware [Lewisburg and Lewis Hill QAT devices]with an affected Intel QAT SR-IOV VF driver included in the BIG-IP VE version) then the Intel QAT PF (Lewisburg and Lewis Hill QAT devices) driver installed on the host is vulnerable. Under this very explicit KVM scenario, a BIG-IP VE is vulnerable.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the F5 Networks BIG-IP security advisory.

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 K43815022.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136138

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL43815022.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: F5 Networks Local Security Checks

Published: 4/30/2020

Updated: 12/11/2024

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-2020-5882

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_link_controller, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator

Required KB Items: Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version, Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5882

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