F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIND vulnerability (K00040234)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122552

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Synopsis

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

Description

A failure to free memory can occur when processing messages having a specific combination of EDNS options. Versions affected are: BIND 9.10.7 -> 9.10.8-P1, 9.11.3 -> 9.11.5-P1, 9.12.0 -> 9.12.3-P1, and versions 9.10.7-S1 -> 9.11.5-S3 of BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition.
Versions 9.13.0 -> 9.13.6 of the 9.13 development branch are also affected. (CVE-2018-5744)

Impact

BIG-IP

Attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause memory exhaustion on the affected system.

BIG-IQ, F5 iWorkflow, Enterprise Manager, and Traffix SDC

There is no impact for these F5 products; theyare not affected by this vulnerability.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K00040234.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122552

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL00040234.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Family: F5 Networks Local Security Checks

Published: 3/4/2019

Updated: 3/9/2020

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

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:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: 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

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: 2/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5744