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F5 Networks BIG-IP : Path MTU discovery vulnerability (K15792)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84451

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple TCP/IP and ICMP implementations, when using Path MTU (PMTU) discovery (PMTUD), allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network throughput reduction for TCP connections) via forged ICMP ('Fragmentation Needed and Don't Fragment was Set') packets with a low next-hop MTU value, aka the 'Path MTU discovery attack.' (CVE-2004-1060)

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K15792.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K15792

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84451

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL15792.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 6/30/2015

Updated: 1/4/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

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_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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1060

BID: 13124