F5 Networks BIG-IP : InfoZIP vulnerability (K80311892)

low Nessus Plugin ID 150469

Synopsis

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

Description

Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a 'better zip bomb' issue. (CVE-2019-13232)

Impact

Local users with administrative access to the BIG-IP Advanced Shell ( bash ) may be able to perform a resource-consumption denial-of-service (DoS)attack. This attack can only be exploited by uncompressing a ZIP file usingthe zip or unzip utility from the command lineor by a user-generated script. No F5 scripts or utilities call these programs to unpack a ZIP archive.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K80311892.

See Also

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K80311892

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 150469

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL80311892.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 6/10/2021

Updated: 11/3/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13232

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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: 10/17/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13232