The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to 14.1.4.4 / 15.1.4.1 / 16.1.2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K42910051 advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from F5 Networks BIG-IP Solution K42910051.
#
# @NOAGENT@
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include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(152777);
script_version("1.9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/08");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-1971");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2020-A-0566-S");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0196");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0328");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0480");
script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2021-0004");
script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2021-0025");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0193-S");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0038-S");
script_name(english:"F5 Networks BIG-IP : OpenSSL vulnerability (K42910051)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to 14.1.4.4 / 15.1.4.1 / 16.1.2. It is,
therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K42910051 advisory.
- The X.509 GeneralName type is a generic type for representing different types of names. One of those name
types is known as EDIPartyName. OpenSSL provides a function GENERAL_NAME_cmp which compares different
instances of a GENERAL_NAME to see if they are equal or not. This function behaves incorrectly when both
GENERAL_NAMEs contain an EDIPARTYNAME. A NULL pointer dereference and a crash may occur leading to a
possible denial of service attack. OpenSSL itself uses the GENERAL_NAME_cmp function for two purposes: 1)
Comparing CRL distribution point names between an available CRL and a CRL distribution point embedded in
an X509 certificate 2) When verifying that a timestamp response token signer matches the timestamp
authority name (exposed via the API functions TS_RESP_verify_response and TS_RESP_verify_token) If an
attacker can control both items being compared then that attacker could trigger a crash. For example if
the attacker can trick a client or server into checking a malicious certificate against a malicious CRL
then this may occur. Note that some applications automatically download CRLs based on a URL embedded in a
certificate. This checking happens prior to the signatures on the certificate and CRL being verified.
OpenSSL's s_server, s_client and verify tools have support for the -crl_download option which implements
automatic CRL downloading and this attack has been demonstrated to work against those tools. Note that an
unrelated bug means that affected versions of OpenSSL cannot parse or construct correct encodings of
EDIPARTYNAME. However it is possible to construct a malformed EDIPARTYNAME that OpenSSL's parser will
accept and hence trigger this attack. All OpenSSL 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 versions are affected by this issue.
Other OpenSSL releases are out of support and have not been checked. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1i (Affected
1.1.1-1.1.1h). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2x (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2w). (CVE-2020-1971)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K42910051");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K42910051.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-1971");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/12/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/08/24");
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_access_policy_manager");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting");
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:/a:f5:big-ip_link_controller");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/h:f5:big-ip");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"F5 Networks Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2024 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 = 'K42910051';
var vmatrix = {
'AFM': {
'affected': [
'16.0.0-16.1.1','15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.5','11.6.1-11.6.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'16.1.2','15.1.4.1','14.1.4.4'
],
},
'AM': {
'affected': [
'16.0.0-16.1.1','15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.5','11.6.1-11.6.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'16.1.2','15.1.4.1','14.1.4.4'
],
},
'APM': {
'affected': [
'16.0.0-16.1.1','15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.5','11.6.1-11.6.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'16.1.2','15.1.4.1','14.1.4.4'
],
},
'ASM': {
'affected': [
'16.0.0-16.1.1','15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.5','11.6.1-11.6.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'16.1.2','15.1.4.1','14.1.4.4'
],
},
'AVR': {
'affected': [
'16.0.0-16.1.1','15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.5','11.6.1-11.6.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'16.1.2','15.1.4.1','14.1.4.4'
],
},
'DNS': {
'affected': [
'16.0.0-16.1.1','15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.5','11.6.1-11.6.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'16.1.2','15.1.4.1','14.1.4.4'
],
},
'GTM': {
'affected': [
'16.0.0-16.1.1','15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.5','11.6.1-11.6.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'16.1.2','15.1.4.1','14.1.4.4'
],
},
'LC': {
'affected': [
'16.0.0-16.1.1','15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.5','11.6.1-11.6.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'16.1.2','15.1.4.1','14.1.4.4'
],
},
'LTM': {
'affected': [
'16.0.0-16.1.1','15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.5','11.6.1-11.6.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'16.1.2','15.1.4.1','14.1.4.4'
],
},
'PEM': {
'affected': [
'16.0.0-16.1.1','15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.5','11.6.1-11.6.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'16.1.2','15.1.4.1','14.1.4.4'
],
}
};
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_access_policy_manager | cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager | |
f5 | big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager | cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager | |
f5 | big-ip_application_acceleration_manager | cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager | |
f5 | big-ip_application_security_manager | cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager | |
f5 | big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting | cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting | |
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_link_controller | cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_link_controller | |
f5 | big-ip_local_traffic_manager | cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager | |
f5 | big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager | cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager |