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F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP AAM security vulnerability (K25359902)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122764

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Synopsis

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

Description

The BIG-IP AAM wamd process used in the processing of images and PDFs fails to drop group permissions when executing helper scripts.
(CVE-2019-6601)

Impact

This issue does not have a direct exploit, but may be used in unknown ways when targeting the BIG-IP AAM module.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K25359902.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K25359902

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122764

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL25359902.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 3/12/2019

Updated: 11/2/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6601

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager, 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: 3/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6601