F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP vulnerability (K25607522)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 132560

Synopsis

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

Description

A user can obtain the secretused to encrypt a BIG-IP UCS backup file while sending an SNMP query to the BIG-IP or BIG-IQ system;however, the user cannot access the UCS files. (CVE-2019-6688)

Impact

BIG-IP and BIG-IQ

The SNMP user can obtain the secret used to encrypt the BIG-IP UCS backup file.

Enterprise Manager and Traffix SDC

These products are not affected by this vulnerability.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K25607522.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K25607522

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 132560

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL25607522.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 12/31/2019

Updated: 11/3/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6688

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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_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, Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6688