F5 Networks BIG-IP : cURL vulnerability (K41523201)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 149070

Synopsis

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

Description

Heap buffer overflow in the TFTP protocol handler in cURL 7.19.4 to 7.65.3. (CVE-2019-5482)

Impact

An attacker could cause a denial of service (DoS) or arbitrary code executionif you use cURL to transfer data to or from a Trivial File Transport Protocol (TFTP) serverand set the blksize (block size) option to a value below 504 (the default value is 512). Setting a smaller block size than the default should be rare as the primary use case for changing the block size is to make it larger.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K41523201.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K41523201

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 149070

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL41523201.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 4/29/2021

Updated: 11/2/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2019-5482

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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:/h:f5:big-ip

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5482