6.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.3%
The remote host is missing a security patch.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/h:f5:big-ip";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105417");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-1805");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_version("2023-08-09T05:05:14+0000");
script_name("F5 BIG-IP - Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2015-1805");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K17458");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A local unprivileged user may use this flaw to crash the system, or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16 do not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an 'I/O vector array overrun.' (CVE-2015-1805)");
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:"2023-08-09 05:05:14 +0000 (Wed, 09 Aug 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-10-21 15:00:41 +0200 (Wed, 21 Oct 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_version.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("f5/big_ip/version", "f5/big_ip/active_modules");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("f5.inc");
if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
check_f5["LTM"] = make_array("affected", "11.0.0-11.6.0;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
"unaffected", "12.0.0;");
check_f5["AAM"] = make_array("affected", "11.4.0-11.6.0;",
"unaffected", "12.0.0;");
check_f5["AFM"] = make_array("affected", "11.3.0-11.6.0;",
"unaffected", "12.0.0;");
check_f5["AVR"] = make_array("affected", "11.0.0-11.6.0;",
"unaffected", "12.0.0;");
check_f5["APM"] = make_array("affected", "11.0.0-11.6.0;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
"unaffected", "12.0.0;");
check_f5["ASM"] = make_array("affected", "11.0.0-11.6.0;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
"unaffected", "12.0.0;");
check_f5["LC"] = make_array("affected", "11.0.0-11.6.0;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
"unaffected", "12.0.0;");
check_f5["PEM"] = make_array("affected", "11.3.0-11.6.0;",
"unaffected", "12.0.0;");
if (report = f5_is_vulnerable(ca: check_f5, version: version)) {
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);