F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP SPDY and HTTP/2 profile vulnerability (K01587042)

high Nessus Plugin ID 95374

Synopsis

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

Description

Under some circumstances, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may not properly clean-up pool member network connections when using SPDY or HTTP/2 virtual server profiles. (CVE-2016-7475)

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K01587042.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K01587042

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95374

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL01587042.nasl

Version: 3.12

Type: local

Published: 11/29/2016

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_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_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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7475