F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIND vulnerability (SOL14613)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78154

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Synopsis

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

Description

The RFC 5011 implementation in rdata.c in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.5-P2, 9.8.6b1, 9.9.x before 9.9.3-P2, and 9.9.4b1, and DNSco BIND 9.9.3-S1 before 9.9.3-S1-P1 and 9.9.4-S1b1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) through a query with a malformed RDATA section that is not properly handled during construction of a log message, as exploited in the wild in July 2013.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution SOL14613.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78154

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL14613.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Family: F5 Networks Local Security Checks

Published: 10/10/2014

Updated: 3/10/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A: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_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:/a:f5:big-ip_wan_optimization_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_manager

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: 8/15/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4854

BID: 61479

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