Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-6128 - Unspecified vulnerability in F5 products

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
f5
nessus

Summary

An attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against the sshd component in F5 BIG-IP, Enterprise Manager, BIG-IQ, and iWorkflow.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
F5
103

Nessus

NASL familyF5 Networks Local Security Checks
NASL idF5_BIGIP_SOL92140924.NASL
descriptionAn undisclosed traffic pattern received on an F5 management interface may cause the Secure Shell Daemon ( sshd ) to stop responding, resulting in a Denial-of-Service (DoS). (CVE-2017-6128)
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id99546
published2017-04-21
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99546
titleF5 Networks BIG-IP : F5 management sshd vulnerability (K92140924)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from F5 Networks BIG-IP Solution K92140924.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) F5 Networks.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(99546);
  script_version("3.8");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/01/04 10:03:41");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-6128");

  script_name(english:"F5 Networks BIG-IP : F5 management sshd vulnerability (K92140924)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the BIG-IP version.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"An undisclosed traffic pattern received on an F5 management interface
may cause the Secure Shell Daemon ( sshd ) to stop responding,
resulting in a Denial-of-Service (DoS). (CVE-2017-6128)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K92140924"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5
Solution K92140924."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  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_acceleration_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_application_visibility_and_reporting");
  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_link_controller");
  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_webaccelerator");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/h:f5:big-ip");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/h:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_manager");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/04/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/04/21");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"F5 Networks Local Security Checks");

  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);
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");

sol = "K92140924";
vmatrix = make_array();

if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

# AFM
vmatrix["AFM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["AFM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("11.6.0-11.6.1","11.5.0-11.5.4","11.4.0-11.4.1");
vmatrix["AFM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("13.0.0","12.0.0-12.1.2","11.6.1HF2","11.5.4HF3");

# AM
vmatrix["AM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["AM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("11.6.0-11.6.1","11.5.0-11.5.4","11.4.0-11.4.1");
vmatrix["AM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("13.0.0","12.0.0-12.1.2","11.6.1HF2","11.5.4HF3");

# APM
vmatrix["APM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["APM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("11.6.0-11.6.1","11.5.0-11.5.4","11.4.0-11.4.1","11.2.1");
vmatrix["APM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("13.0.0","12.0.0-12.1.2","11.6.1HF2","11.5.4HF3");

# ASM
vmatrix["ASM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["ASM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("11.6.0-11.6.1","11.5.0-11.5.4","11.4.0-11.4.1","11.2.1");
vmatrix["ASM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("13.0.0","12.0.0-12.1.2","11.6.1HF2","11.5.4HF3");

# AVR
vmatrix["AVR"] = make_array();
vmatrix["AVR"]["affected"  ] = make_list("11.6.0-11.6.1","11.5.0-11.5.4","11.4.0-11.4.1","11.2.1");
vmatrix["AVR"]["unaffected"] = make_list("13.0.0","12.0.0-12.1.2","11.6.1HF2","11.5.4HF3");

# GTM
vmatrix["GTM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["GTM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("11.6.0-11.6.1","11.5.0-11.5.4","11.4.0-11.4.1","11.2.1");
vmatrix["GTM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("11.6.1HF2","11.5.4HF3");

# LC
vmatrix["LC"] = make_array();
vmatrix["LC"]["affected"  ] = make_list("11.6.0-11.6.1","11.5.0-11.5.4","11.4.0-11.4.1","11.2.1");
vmatrix["LC"]["unaffected"] = make_list("13.0.0","12.0.0-12.1.2","11.6.1HF2","11.5.4HF3");

# LTM
vmatrix["LTM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["LTM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("11.6.0-11.6.1","11.5.0-11.5.4","11.4.0-11.4.1","11.2.1");
vmatrix["LTM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("13.0.0","12.0.0-12.1.2","11.6.1HF2","11.5.4HF3");

# PEM
vmatrix["PEM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["PEM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("11.6.0-11.6.1","11.5.0-11.5.4","11.4.0-11.4.1");
vmatrix["PEM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("13.0.0","12.0.0-12.1.2","11.6.1HF2","11.5.4HF3");


if (bigip_is_affected(vmatrix:vmatrix, sol:sol))
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:bigip_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = bigip_get_tested_modules();
  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");
}