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F5 Networks BIG-IP : vCMP DoS vulnerability (K17386)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86407

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Synopsis

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

Description

An attacker sourcing malicious traffic from a network adjacent to the BIG-IP system may be able to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on a vCMP host and the vCMP guests running on it. The vulnerability cannot be exploited outside of the local network segment or by way of the management port. (CVE-2015-6546)

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K17386.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K17386

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86407

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL17386.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Published: 10/16/2015

Updated: 1/4/2019

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/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, Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6546