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F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability (K29923912)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 139820

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Synopsis

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

Description

The Certificate Administrator user role and higher privileged roles can perform arbitrary file reads outside of the web root directory.
(CVE-2020-5916)

Impact

Requests to the Configuration utilitycan result in arbitrary file reads outside of the web root directory.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K29923912.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K29923912

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 139820

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL29923912.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 8/26/2020

Updated: 11/3/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5916

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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: 8/25/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5916

IAVA: 2020-A-0395-S