F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP ASM and BIG-IQ/Enterprise Manager/F5 iWorkflow device authentication and trust vulnerability (K26462555)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 132561

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Synopsis

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

Description

An attacker with access to the device communication between the BIG-IP ASM Central Policy Builder and the BIG-IQ/Enterprise Manager/F5 iWorkflow will be able to set up the proxy the same way and intercept the traffic. (CVE-2019-6665)

Impact

BIG-IP ASM / BIG-IQ / Enterprise Manager / F5 iWorkflow

With access to theauthentication token, the attacker will be able to impersonate the BIG-IP ASM Central Policy Builder and send corrupted or incorrect suggestion data to the BIG-IQ/Enterprise Manager/F5 iWorkflow. This may lead to incorrect policy building suggestions or a partial denial-of-service (DoS).

BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM,Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator, WebSafe) / Traffix SDC

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

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K26462555.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 132561

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL26462555.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: F5 Networks Local Security Checks

Published: 12/31/2019

Updated: 11/3/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6665

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager, 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: 11/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6665

Detections

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