F5 Networks BIG-IP : cURL and libcurl vulnerability (K01006862)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 105434

Synopsis

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

Description

A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51. If cookie state is written into a cookie jar file that is later read back and used for subsequent requests, a malicious HTTP server can inject new cookies for arbitrary domains into said cookie jar.(CVE-2016-8615)

Impact

When a cURL connection stores a cookie state and is written into a cookie jar file that is later used for the subsequent cURL requests, a malicious web server can inject new cookies into the affected cookie jar for arbitrary domains. This exploit requires access to a malicious web server that serves cookies.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K01006862.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K01006862

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105434

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL01006862.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Published: 2017/12/26

Updated: 2019/01/04

Dependencies: 76940

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

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:H/A:N

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_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_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, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Available: false

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2017/04/12

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8615