4 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.6%
Application logic abuse of ASM REST endpoints can lead to instability of BIG-IP system. Exploitation of this issue causes excessive memory consumption which results in the Linux kernel triggering OOM killer on arbitrary processes. The attack requires an authenticated user with role of ‘Guest’ or greater privilege. Note: ‘No Access’ cannot login so technically it’s a role but a user with this access role cannot perform the attack. (CVE-2019-6637)
Impact
BIG-IP ASM
When the vulnerability is exploited, the affected BIG-IP ASM system may experience excessive memory consumption to the point where the Linux kernel triggers OOM killer, resulting in a possibledenial-of-service (DoS).
BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, DNS, Edge Gateway, FPS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator) / BIG-IQ / Enterprise Manager / F5 iWorkflow / Traffix SDC
There is no impact; these F5 products are not affected by this vulnerability.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from F5 Networks BIG-IP Solution K29149494.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) F5 Networks.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(126401);
script_version("1.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/11/02");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-6637");
script_name(english:"F5 Networks BIG-IP : iControl REST vulnerability (K29149494)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Application logic abuse of ASM REST endpoints can lead to instability
of BIG-IP system. Exploitation of this issue causes excessive memory
consumption which results in the Linux kernel triggering OOM killer on
arbitrary processes. The attack requires an authenticated user with
role of 'Guest' or greater privilege. Note: 'No Access' cannot login
so technically it's a role but a user with this access role cannot
perform the attack. (CVE-2019-6637)
Impact
BIG-IP ASM
When the vulnerability is exploited, the affected BIG-IP ASM system
may experience excessive memory consumption to the point where the
Linux kernel triggers OOM killer, resulting in a
possibledenial-of-service (DoS).
BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, DNS, Edge Gateway, FPS, GTM,
Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator) / BIG-IQ / Enterprise Manager /
F5 iWorkflow / Traffix SDC
There is no impact; these F5 products are not affected by this
vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K29149494");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K29149494.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-6637");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/07/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/07/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/07/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/h:f5:big-ip");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"F5 Networks Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("f5_bigip_detect.nbin");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/BIG-IP/hotfix", "Host/BIG-IP/modules", "Host/BIG-IP/version");
exit(0);
}
include('f5_func.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var version = get_kb_item('Host/BIG-IP/version');
if ( ! version ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'F5 Networks BIG-IP');
if ( isnull(get_kb_item('Host/BIG-IP/hotfix')) ) audit(AUDIT_KB_MISSING, 'Host/BIG-IP/hotfix');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/BIG-IP/modules') ) audit(AUDIT_KB_MISSING, 'Host/BIG-IP/modules');
var sol = 'K29149494';
var vmatrix = {
'ASM': {
'affected': [
'14.1.0','14.0.0','13.0.0-13.1.1','12.1.2-12.1.4'
],
'unaffected': [
'15.0.0','14.1.0.6','14.0.0.5','13.1.1.5','12.1.4.1'
],
}
};
if (bigip_is_affected(vmatrix:vmatrix, sol:sol))
{
var extra = NULL;
if (report_verbosity > 0) extra = bigip_report_get();
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : extra
);
}
else
{
var tested = bigip_get_tested_modules();
var audit_extra = 'For BIG-IP module(s) ' + tested + ',';
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, audit_extra, version);
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'running the affected module ASM');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
f5 | big-ip_application_security_manager | cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager | |
f5 | big-ip | cpe:/h:f5:big-ip |
4 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.6%