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F5 Networks BIG-IP : TMM vulnerability (K04730051)

high Nessus Plugin ID 184225

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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 14.0.0.5 / 14.1.0.6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K04730051 advisory.

 - On BIG-IP PEM 14.1.0-14.1.0.5 and 14.0.0-14.0.0.4, under certain conditions, the TMM process may terminate and restart while processing BIG-IP PEM traffic with the OpenVPN classifier. (CVE-2019-6628)

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 K04730051.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K04730051

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184225

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL04730051.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/2/2023

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-2019-6628

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_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: 7/1/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6628