CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
88.8%
CVE-2020-12662
Unbound before 1.10.1 has Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume, aka an ‘NXNSAttack’ issue. This is triggered by random subdomains in the NSDNAME in NS records.
CVE-2020-12663 Unbound before 1.10.1 has an infinite loop via malformed DNS answers received from upstream servers.
Impact
There are three types of DNS cache configurations available on the BIG-IP system: a transparent cache, a resolver cache, and a validating resolver cache. Only BIG-IP systems licensed for DNS services and using the DNS Cache feature are vulnerable.
Notes :
The DNS Cache feature is available only when you licensethe BIG-IP systemfor DNS Services, but you do NOT have to provisionthe BIG-IP GTM or BIG-IP DNS moduleon your BIG-IP system.
Starting with BIG-IP 12.0.0, F5 renamed BIG-IP GTM to BIG-IP DNS.
DNS Express does not use Unbound and is not vulnerable to either CVE-2020-12662 or CVE-2020-12663.
CVE-2020-12662
When the DNS Cache feature is enabled on the BIG-IP system, an attacker may exploit this vulnerability to generate a large number of communications between the BIG-IP system and the victim’s authoritative DNS server to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.
Note : For more information about NXNSAttack, refer to the NXNSAttack research paper.
CVE-2020-12663
A remote attacker may be able to perform a DoS attack on a DNS cache configured on the BIG-IP system by causing Unbound to become unresponsive.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from F5 Networks BIG-IP Solution K37661551.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) F5 Networks.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(138233);
script_version("1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/11/03");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-12662", "CVE-2020-12663");
script_name(english:"F5 Networks BIG-IP : Unbound DNS Cache vulnerabilities (K37661551)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"CVE-2020-12662
Unbound before 1.10.1 has Insufficient Control of Network Message
Volume, aka an 'NXNSAttack' issue. This is triggered by random
subdomains in the NSDNAME in NS records.
CVE-2020-12663 Unbound before 1.10.1 has an infinite loop via
malformed DNS answers received from upstream servers.
Impact
There are three types of DNS cache configurations available on the
BIG-IP system: a transparent cache, a resolver cache, and a validating
resolver cache. Only BIG-IP systems licensed for DNS services and
using the DNS Cache feature are vulnerable.
Notes :
The DNS Cache feature is available only when you licensethe BIG-IP
systemfor DNS Services, but you do NOT have to provisionthe BIG-IP GTM
or BIG-IP DNS moduleon your BIG-IP system.
Starting with BIG-IP 12.0.0, F5 renamed BIG-IP GTM to BIG-IP DNS.
DNS Express does not use Unbound and is not vulnerable to either
CVE-2020-12662 or CVE-2020-12663.
CVE-2020-12662
When the DNS Cache feature is enabled on the BIG-IP system, an
attacker may exploit this vulnerability to generate a large number of
communications between the BIG-IP system and the victim's
authoritative DNS server to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.
Note : For more information about NXNSAttack, refer to the NXNSAttack
research paper.
CVE-2020-12663
A remote attacker may be able to perform a DoS attack on a DNS cache
configured on the BIG-IP system by causing Unbound to become
unresponsive.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K37661551");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K37661551.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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:N/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-2020-12663");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/05/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/06/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/07/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_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) 2020-2023 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", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
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');
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
var sol = 'K37661551';
var vmatrix = {
'DNS': {
'affected': [
'15.0.0-15.1.0','14.1.0-14.1.2','13.1.0-13.1.3','12.1.0-12.1.5','11.6.1-11.6.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'16.0.0','15.1.0.5','14.1.2.7','13.1.3.5','12.1.6','11.6.5.3'
],
},
'GTM': {
'affected': [
'15.0.0-15.1.0','14.1.0-14.1.2','13.1.0-13.1.3','12.1.0-12.1.5','11.6.1-11.6.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'16.0.0','15.1.0.5','14.1.2.7','13.1.3.5','12.1.6','11.6.5.3'
],
}
};
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 any of the affected modules');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
f5 | big-ip_domain_name_system | cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system | |
f5 | big-ip_global_traffic_manager | cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager | |
f5 | big-ip | cpe:/h:f5:big-ip |
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
88.8%