F5 BIG-IP - Expat vulnerabilities CVE-2012-0876 and CVE-2012-1148

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

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105371");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0876", "CVE-2012-1148");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");

  script_name("F5 BIG-IP - Expat vulnerabilities CVE-2012-0876 and CVE-2012-1148");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K16949");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"These vulnerabilities allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) (CPU and/or memory consumption) by way of XML files.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The XML parser (xmlparse.c) in expat before 2.1.0 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML file with many identifiers with the same value.Memory leak in the poolGrow function in expat/lib/xmlparse.c in expat before 2.1.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted XML files that cause improperly-handled reallocation failures when expanding entities.");

  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:"2015-09-19 10:34:51 +0200 (Sat, 19 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",   "11.0.0-11.2.1;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
                             "unaffected", "11.3.0-11.6.0;");

check_f5["AAM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.2.1;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
                             "unaffected", "11.3.0-11.6.0;");

check_f5["AFM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.2.1;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
                             "unaffected", "11.3.0-11.6.0;");

check_f5["AVR"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.2.1;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
                             "unaffected", "11.3.0-11.6.0;");

check_f5["APM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.2.1;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
                             "unaffected", "11.3.0-11.6.0;");

check_f5["ASM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.2.1;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
                             "unaffected", "11.3.0-11.6.0;");

check_f5["GTM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.2.1;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
                             "unaffected", "11.3.0-11.6.0;");

check_f5["LC"]  = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.2.1;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
                             "unaffected", "11.3.0-11.6.0;");

check_f5["PEM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.2.1;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
                             "unaffected", "11.3.0-11.6.0;");

check_f5["PSM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.2.1;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
                             "unaffected", "11.3.0-11.6.0;");

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

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

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

exit(99);