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F5 Networks BIG-IP : Linux kernel vulnerability (K41739114)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91695

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Synopsis

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

Description

A stack overflow flaw caused by infinite recursion was found in the way the Linux kernel's Universal Disk Format (UDF) file system implementation processed indirect Information Control Blocks (ICBs).
An attacker with physical access to the system could use a specially crafted UDF image to crash the system. (CVE-2014-6410)

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K41739114.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K41739114

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91695

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL41739114.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 6/20/2016

Updated: 1/4/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/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: 6/17/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6410

BID: 69799