F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIND vulnerability (K62012529)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 92986

Synopsis

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

Description

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted signature record for a DNAME record, related to db.c and resolver.c. (CVE-2016-1286)

Impact

An attacker may force the system to look up a malicious server that is serving bad RRSIGs and may cause the BIND service to restart.

Note : Typically, a BIND service restart does not cause the affected system to fail over.

BIG-IP

Although BIG-IP software contains the vulnerable code, the BIG-IP system does not use the vulnerable code in a way that exposes the vulnerability in the default configuration. The BIG-IP system must meet both of the following conditions to be considered vulnerable :

A listener object is configured to use the local BIND service. For example :

A virtual server with a DNS profile is configured with the Use BIND Server on BIG-IP option (this option is enabled by default for the DNS profile).

A DNS/GTM pool uses the Return to DNS load balancing method, or its Alternate and Fallback load balancing methods are set to None, and all pools associated with the wide IP are unavailable.

The local BIND configuration is enabled with the non-default recursion yes; option.

BIG-IQ and Enterprise Manager

BIG-IQ and Enterprise Manager systems are not vulnerable in the default standard configurations. This vulnerability can be exposed only when the BIG-IQ or Enterprise Manager system is manually configured to enable recursion explicitly and act as a DNS server to query against a server that is providing malicious responses. F5 recommends that you do not configure the system so that you use the BIG-IQ or Enterprise Manager system as a DNS server.

ARX, FirePass, LineRate, F5 WebSafe, and Traffix SDC

There is no impact. These F5 products are not vulnerable to these vulnerabilities.

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K62012529.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62012529

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 92986

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL62012529.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Published: 2016/08/17

Updated: 2019/01/04

Dependencies: 76940

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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_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_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_wan_optimization_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_manager

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

Exploit Available: false

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2016/03/09

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1286