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F5 Networks BIG-IP : LibTIFF vulnerability (K11220361)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105400

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Synopsis

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

Description

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.
(CVE-2015-1547)

Impact

This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.BIG-IP systems that use a BIG-IP AAM or BIG-IP WebAccelerator policy configured with the Image Optimization settings enabled for TIFF files are vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K11220361.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K11220361

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105400

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL11220361.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Published: 12/21/2017

Updated: 11/11/2025

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1547

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:f5:big-ip, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1547

BID: 73438