F5 Networks BIG-IP : IPsec vulnerability (K05013313)

high Nessus Plugin ID 88428

Synopsis

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

Description

racoon/gssapi.c in IPsec-Tools 0.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon crash) via a series of crafted UDP requests. (CVE-2015-4047)

Impact

When this vulnerability is exploited, the remote attacker may be able use crafted UDP requests to cause the racoon process to stop responding, resulting in a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K05013313.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05013313

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88428

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL05013313.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 1/28/2016

Updated: 3/10/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/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, Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4047

BID: 74739