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F5 Networks BIG-IP : PHP vulnerability (K13588)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78135

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Synopsis

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

Description

PHP versions prior to 5.3.9 compute hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.
(CVE-2011-4885)

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K13588.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13588

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78135

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL13588.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 10/10/2014

Updated: 3/10/2021

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting, 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_wan_optimization_manager, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_manager

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/30/2011

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4885

BID: 51193