7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
8.6 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
80.8%
Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105898");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4463");
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("2023-08-09T05:05:14+0000");
script_name("F5 BIG-IP - Apache Xerces vulnerability CVE-2016-4463");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K70191975");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD.");
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:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-11-07 11:29:00 +0000 (Wed, 07 Nov 2018)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-09-22 13:01:18 +0200 (Thu, 22 Sep 2016)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("F5 Local Security Checks");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 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["APM"] = make_array("affected", "12.0.0-12.1.1;11.4.0-11.6.1;",
"unaffected", "11.2.1;10.2.1-10.2.4;");
if (report = f5_is_vulnerable(ca: check_f5, version: version)) {
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
8.6 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
80.8%