F5 Networks BIG-IP Expat vulnerability (K44454157) version 15.1.9 / 16.1.4 / 17.1.
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 199 |
---|---|---|---|---|
CVE | CVE-2022-40674 | 14 Sep 202211:15 | – | cve |
Tenable Nessus | Slackware Linux 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / 15.0 / current expat Vulnerability (SSA:2022-263-01) | 20 Sep 202200:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | RHEL 9 : expat (RHSA-2022:6838) | 6 Oct 202200:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | RHEL 8 : thunderbird (RHSA-2022:7023) | 18 Oct 202200:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Oracle Linux 8 : thunderbird (ELSA-2022-7023) | 20 Oct 202200:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Rocky Linux 8 : firefox (RLSA-2022:7024) | 17 Nov 202200:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Fedora 35 : expat (2022-c68d90efc3) | 23 Dec 202200:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | RHEL 7 : firefox (RHSA-2022:6997) | 18 Oct 202200:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | RHEL 8 : thunderbird (RHSA-2022:7021) | 19 Oct 202200:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Amazon Linux 2 : expat (ALAS-2022-1877) | 9 Nov 202200:00 | – | nessus |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from F5 Networks BIG-IP Solution K44454157.
#
# @NOAGENT@
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(166747);
script_version("1.9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/08");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-40674");
script_name(english:"F5 Networks BIG-IP : Expat vulnerability (K44454157)");
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 15.1.9 / 16.1.4 / 17.1.1. It is, therefore,
affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K44454157 advisory.
- libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c. (CVE-2022-40674)
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/K44454157");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K44454157.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-2022-40674");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/09/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/10/31");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/10/31");
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_security_manager");
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_local_traffic_manager");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_wan_optimization_manager");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/h:f5:big-ip_protocol_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) 2022-2024 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 = 'K44454157';
var vmatrix = {
'AFM': {
'affected': [
'17.0.0-17.1.0','16.1.0-16.1.3','15.1.0-15.1.8','14.1.0-14.1.5','13.1.0-13.1.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'17.1.1','16.1.4','15.1.9'
],
},
'APM': {
'affected': [
'17.0.0-17.1.0','16.1.0-16.1.3','15.1.0-15.1.8','14.1.0-14.1.5','13.1.0-13.1.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'17.1.1','16.1.4','15.1.9'
],
},
'ASM': {
'affected': [
'17.0.0-17.1.1','17.0.0-17.1.0','16.1.0-16.1.4','16.1.0-16.1.3','15.1.0-15.1.8','15.1.0-15.1.10','14.1.0-14.1.5','13.1.0-13.1.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'17.1.1','16.1.4','15.1.9'
],
},
'DNS': {
'affected': [
'17.0.0-17.1.0','16.1.0-16.1.3','15.1.0-15.1.8','14.1.0-14.1.5','13.1.0-13.1.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'17.1.1','16.1.4','15.1.9'
],
},
'GTM': {
'affected': [
'17.0.0-17.1.0','16.1.0-16.1.3','15.1.0-15.1.8','14.1.0-14.1.5','13.1.0-13.1.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'17.1.1','16.1.4','15.1.9'
],
},
'LTM': {
'affected': [
'17.0.0-17.1.0','16.1.0-16.1.3','15.1.0-15.1.8','14.1.0-14.1.5','13.1.0-13.1.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'17.1.1','16.1.4','15.1.9'
],
},
'PEM': {
'affected': [
'17.0.0-17.1.0','16.1.0-16.1.3','15.1.0-15.1.8','14.1.0-14.1.5','13.1.0-13.1.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'17.1.1','16.1.4','15.1.9'
],
},
'PSM': {
'affected': [
'17.0.0-17.1.0','16.1.0-16.1.3','15.1.0-15.1.8','14.1.0-14.1.5','13.1.0-13.1.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'17.1.1','16.1.4','15.1.9'
],
},
'WOM': {
'affected': [
'17.0.0-17.1.0','16.1.0-16.1.3','15.1.0-15.1.8','14.1.0-14.1.5','13.1.0-13.1.5'
],
'unaffected': [
'17.1.1','16.1.4','15.1.9'
],
}
};
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_HOLE,
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');
}
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