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F5 Networks BIG-IP : RetBleed CPU vulnerability (K83713003)

2022-08-0200:00:00
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The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K83713003 advisory.

  • Intel microprocessor generations 6 to 8 are affected by a new Spectre variant that is able to bypass their retpoline mitigation in the kernel to leak arbitrary data. An attacker with unprivileged user access can hijack return instructions to achieve arbitrary speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions. (CVE-2022-29901)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from F5 Networks BIG-IP Solution K83713003.
#
# @NOAGENT@
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(163734);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/18");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-29901");

  script_name(english:"F5 Networks BIG-IP : RetBleed CPU vulnerability (K83713003)");

  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 tested version. It is, therefore, affected by
a vulnerability as referenced in the K83713003 advisory.

  - Intel microprocessor generations 6 to 8 are affected by a new Spectre variant that is able to bypass their
    retpoline mitigation in the kernel to leak arbitrary data. An attacker with unprivileged user access can
    hijack return instructions to achieve arbitrary speculative code execution under certain
    microarchitecture-dependent conditions. (CVE-2022-29901)

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/K83713003");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerability, but no solution has been provided.
Refer to the vendor for remediation guidance.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-29901");

  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:"2022/07/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/08/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/08/02");

  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 = 'K83713003';
var vmatrix = {
  'AFM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.4-15.1.6','14.1.4.1-14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'APM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.4-15.1.6','14.1.4.1-14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'ASM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.4-15.1.6','14.1.4.1-14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'DNS': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.4-15.1.6','14.1.4.1-14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'GTM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.4-15.1.6','14.1.4.1-14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'LTM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.4-15.1.6','14.1.4.1-14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'PEM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.4-15.1.6','14.1.4.1-14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'PSM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.4-15.1.6','14.1.4.1-14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'WOM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.4-15.1.6','14.1.4.1-14.1.5'
    ],
  }
};

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_NOTE,
      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');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
f5big-ip_access_policy_managercpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_managercpe:/a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager
f5big-ip_application_security_managercpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager
f5big-ip_domain_name_systemcpe:/a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system
f5big-ip_global_traffic_managercpe:/a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager
f5big-ip_local_traffic_managercpe:/a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_managercpe:/a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_managercpe:/a:f5:big-ip_wan_optimization_manager
f5big-ip_protocol_security_managercpe:/h:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_manager
f5big-ipcpe:/h:f5:big-ip