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F5 Networks BIG-IP : XML Entity Injection vulnerabilities (K15605)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83502

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Synopsis

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

Description

XML Entity Injection vulnerabilities have been found in the BIG-IP Configuration utility and the Enterprise Manager Configuration utility. The vulnerabilities are available to authenticated users only. (CVE-2014-6032 and CVE-2014-6033)

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K15605.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K15605

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83502

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL15605.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Published: 5/18/2015

Updated: 3/10/2021

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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, Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6032, CVE-2014-6033

BID: 70834, 70838