F5 Networks BIG-IP : TMM with LRO vulnerability (K07550539)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118624

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Synopsis

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

Description

When Large Receive Offload (LRO) is enabled, undisclosed traffic patterns may cause TMM to restart. LRO has been available since 11.4.0 but is not enabled by default until13.1.0 for all platformsand 12.0.0 for Virtual Edition. (CVE-2018-15311)

Impact

An attacker may be able to disrupt traffic or cause the BIG-IP system to fail over to another device in the device group.

Note : This vulnerability is not exposed unless Large Receive Offload (LRO) is enabled. For more information about LRO being enabled by default, refer toK33612400: TCP Large Receive Offload tm.tcplargereceiveoffload database variable is enabled by default.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K07550539.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118624

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL07550539.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Family: F5 Networks Local Security Checks

Published: 11/2/2018

Updated: 11/2/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15311

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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_application_visibility_and_reporting, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system, 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

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: 10/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15311

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