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F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP ASM memory exhaustion vulnerability (K40452417)

high Nessus Plugin ID 132567

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Synopsis

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

Description

The BIG-IP ASM system may consume excessive resources when processing certain types of HTTP responses from the origin web server. This vulnerability is only known to affect resource-constrained systems in which the security policy is configured with response-side features, such as Data Guard or response-side learning. (CVE-2019-6682)

Note : BIG-IP ASM systems experiencing this vulnerability log the following error message to the /var/log/asm file : 01310003:0: ASM out of memory error: <event code> .

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to exhaust provisioned memory, interrupting traffic processing and causing a denial-of-service (DoS).

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K40452417.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K40452417

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 132567

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL40452417.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 12/31/2019

Updated: 11/2/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6682

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: 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: 12/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6682