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F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP DNS vulnerability (K43850230)

high Nessus Plugin ID 184258

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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 12.1.5.3 / 13.1.3.5 / 14.1.3.1 / 15.1.1 / 16.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K43850230 advisory.

 - On BIG-IP DNS 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, and 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, undisclosed series of DNS requests may cause TMM to restart and generate a core file. (CVE-2020-27717)

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 K43850230.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K43850230

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184258

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL43850230.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/2/2023

Updated: 11/2/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27717

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_domain_name_system, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip

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: 12/17/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27717