F5 Networks BIG-IP : TMM vulnerability (K87416818)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94687

Synopsis

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

Description

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may suffer from a memory leak while handling certain types of TCP traffic. (CVE-2016-7476)

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K87416818.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K87416818

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94687

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL87416818.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Published: 11/11/2016

Updated: 3/9/2020

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_application_acceleration_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager, 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_access_policy_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7476