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F5 Networks BIG-IP : F5 TCP vulnerability (K06223540)
high Nessus Plugin ID 89973
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.Description
The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, and BIG-IP PEM before 11.4.1 HF10, 11.5.x before 11.5.4, and 11.6.x before 11.6.0 HF6 and BIG-IP PSM before 11.4.1 HF10 does not properly handle TCP options, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) through unspecified vectors, related to the tm.minpathmtu database variable. (CVE-2015-8240)Solution
Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K06223540.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 89973
File Name: f5_bigip_SOL06223540.nasl
Version: 2.17
Type: local
Published: 3/17/2016
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: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC: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:/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, Settings/ParanoidReport
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-8240