F5 BIG-IP - BIND vulnerability CVE-2015-5986

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/h:f5:big-ip";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105359");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5986");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.1");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");

  script_name("F5 BIG-IP - BIND vulnerability CVE-2015-5986");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K17227");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the BIG-IP system's local instance of BIND by using a specially crafted DNS request in configurations that expose BIND to requests from untrusted users. If the BIND process (named) terminates or stops responding, the bigstart process will automatically restart the impacted daemon.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An incorrect boundary check in openpgpkey_61.c can cause named to terminate due to a REQUIRE assertion failure. This defect can be deliberately exploited by an attacker who can provide a maliciously constructed response in answer to a query. (CVE-2015-5986)");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing a security patch.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-18 14:34:25 +0200 (Fri, 18 Sep 2015)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("F5 Local Security Checks");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("gb_f5_big_ip_ssh_login_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("f5/big_ip/version", "f5/big_ip/active_modules");
  exit(0);
}

include("f5.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, service: "ssh-login"))
  exit(0);

check_f5["LTM"] = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0;11.4.1_HF9;11.2.1_HF15;",
                             "unaffected", "12.1.0;12.0.0_HF1;11.5.0-11.6.1;11.4.1_HF10;11.3.0-11.4.1_HF8;11.0.0-11.2.1_HF14;11.2.1_HF16;10.1.0-10.2.4;");

check_f5["AAM"] = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0;11.4.1_HF9;",
                             "unaffected", "12.1.0;12.0.0_HF1;11.5.0-11.6.1;11.4.1_HF10;11.4.0-11.4.1_HF8;");

check_f5["AFM"] = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0;11.4.1_HF9;",
                             "unaffected", "12.1.0;12.0.0_HF1;11.5.0-11.6.1;11.4.1_HF10;11.3.0-11.4.1_HF8;");

check_f5["AVR"] = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0;11.4.1_HF9;11.2.1_HF15;",
                             "unaffected", "12.1.0;12.0.0_HF1;11.5.0-11.6.1;11.4.1_HF10;11.3.0-11.4.1_HF8;11.0.0-11.2.1_HF14;11.2.1_HF16;");

check_f5["APM"] = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0;11.4.1_HF9;11.2.1_HF15;",
                             "unaffected", "12.1.0;12.0.0_HF1;11.5.0-11.6.1;11.4.1_HF10;11.3.0-11.4.1_HF8;11.0.0-11.2.1_HF14;11.2.1_HF16;10.1.0-10.2.4;");

check_f5["ASM"] = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0;11.4.1_HF9;11.2.1_HF15;",
                             "unaffected", "12.1.0;12.0.0_HF1;11.5.0-11.6.1;11.4.1_HF10;11.3.0-11.4.1_HF8;11.0.0-11.2.1_HF14;11.2.1_HF16;10.1.0-10.2.4;");

check_f5["GTM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.4.1_HF9;11.2.1_HF15;",
                             "unaffected", "11.5.0-11.6.1;11.4.1_HF10;11.3.0-11.4.1_HF8;11.0.0-11.2.1_HF14;11.2.1_HF16;10.1.0-10.2.4;");

check_f5["LC"]  = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0;11.4.1_HF9;11.2.1_HF15;",
                             "unaffected", "12.1.0;12.0.0_HF1;11.5.0-11.6.1;11.4.1_HF10;11.3.0-11.4.1_HF8;11.0.0-11.2.1_HF14;11.2.1_HF16;10.1.0-10.2.4;");

check_f5["PEM"] = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0;11.4.1_HF9;",
                             "unaffected", "12.1.0;12.0.0_HF1;11.5.0-11.6.1;11.4.1_HF10;11.3.0-11.4.1_HF8;");

check_f5["PSM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.4.1_HF9;11.2.1_HF15;",
                             "unaffected", "11.4.1_HF10;11.3.0-11.4.1_HF8;11.0.0-11.2.1_HF14;11.2.1_HF16;10.1.0-10.2.4;");

check_f5["WAM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.2.1_HF15;",
                             "unaffected", "11.3.0;11.0.0-11.2.1_HF14;11.2.1_HF16;10.1.0-10.2.4;");

check_f5["WOM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.2.1_HF15;",
                             "unaffected", "11.3.0;11.0.0-11.2.1_HF14;11.2.1_HF16;10.1.0-10.2.4;");

if (report = f5_is_vulnerable(ca: check_f5, version: version)) {
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);