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F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP AFM vulnerability (K58290051)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142036

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Synopsis

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

Description

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may produce a core file while processing layer 4 (L4) behavioral denial-of-service (DoS) traffic.
(CVE-2020-5937)

Impact

The BIG-IP system may temporarily fail to process traffic as it recovers from a TMM restart, and devices configured as a high-availability (HA) pair may fail over.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K58290051.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K58290051

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142036

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL58290051.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 10/29/2020

Updated: 11/2/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5937

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_advanced_firewall_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: 10/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5937