F5 Networks BIG-IP : TMM vulnerability (K52167636)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118675

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Synopsis

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

Description

Features in the BIG-IP system that utilizeinflate functionality directly, via an iRule, or via the inflate code from PEM module are subjected to a service disruption via a 'Zip Bomb' attack.(CVE-2017-6153)

Impact

BIG-IP systems deployed in Forward Proxy mode with the inflate functionality enabled are at greatest risk for this vulnerability.
BIG-IP systems that are collecting and manually decompressing data by way of iRules (using HTTP::collect and DECOMPRESS/COMPRESS ) have additional risk, as this situation may increase the likelihood of successful exploitation. The control plane is not impacted by this issue; this issue isobserved on the data plane.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K52167636.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118675

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL52167636.nasl

Version: 1.6

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: 1.4

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 Score Source: CVE-2017-6153

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_link_controller, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator

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: 5/31/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6153

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