Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-5862 - 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

On BIG-IP 15.1.0-15.1.0.1, 15.0.0-15.0.1.1, and 14.1.0-14.1.2.2, under certain conditions, TMM may crash or stop processing new traffic with the DPDK/ENA driver on AWS systems while sending traffic. This issue does not affect any other platforms, hardware or virtual, or any other cloud provider since the affected driver is specific to AWS.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
F5
297

Nessus

NASL familyF5 Networks Local Security Checks
NASL idF5_BIGIP_SOL01054113.NASL
descriptionUnder certain conditions, while sending traffic, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may produce a core file or stop processing new traffic with the Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)/Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) driver on Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems.(CVE-2020-5862) Impact A remote attacker may be able to cause TMM to stop processing new traffic and effect a remote denial of service (DoS). This issue does not affect any other hardware, virtual platforms, orcloud provider, as the affected driver is specific to AWS.
last seen2020-04-01
modified2020-03-27
plugin id134956
published2020-03-27
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/134956
titleF5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP AWS vulnerability (K01054113)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from F5 Networks BIG-IP Solution K01054113.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) F5 Networks.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(134956);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/07/09");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-5862", "CVE-2020-5862");

  script_name(english:"F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP AWS vulnerability (K01054113)");
  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:
"Under certain conditions, while sending traffic, the Traffic
Management Microkernel (TMM) may produce a core file or stop
processing new traffic with the Data Plane Development Kit
(DPDK)/Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) driver on Amazon Web Services
(AWS) systems.(CVE-2020-5862)

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to cause TMM to stop processing new
traffic and effect a remote denial of service (DoS).

This issue does not affect any other hardware, virtual platforms,
orcloud provider, as the affected driver is specific to AWS."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K01054113"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:
"Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5
Solution K01054113."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  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:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  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:"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:/h:f5:big-ip");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/11/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/03/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/03/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 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");

  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 = "K01054113";
vmatrix = make_array();

# AFM
vmatrix["AFM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["AFM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.1.0","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["AFM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("16.0.0","15.1.0.2","15.0.1.2","14.1.2.3");

# AM
vmatrix["AM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["AM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.1.0","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["AM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("16.0.0","15.1.0.2","15.0.1.2","14.1.2.3");

# APM
vmatrix["APM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["APM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.1.0","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["APM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("16.0.0","15.1.0.2","15.0.1.2","14.1.2.3");

# ASM
vmatrix["ASM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["ASM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.1.0","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["ASM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("16.0.0","15.1.0.2","15.0.1.2","14.1.2.3");

# AVR
vmatrix["AVR"] = make_array();
vmatrix["AVR"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.1.0","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["AVR"]["unaffected"] = make_list("16.0.0","15.1.0.2","15.0.1.2","14.1.2.3");

# GTM
vmatrix["GTM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["GTM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.1.0","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["GTM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("16.0.0","15.1.0.2","15.0.1.2","14.1.2.3");

# LC
vmatrix["LC"] = make_array();
vmatrix["LC"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.1.0","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["LC"]["unaffected"] = make_list("16.0.0","15.1.0.2","15.0.1.2","14.1.2.3");

# LTM
vmatrix["LTM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["LTM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.1.0","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["LTM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("16.0.0","15.1.0.2","15.0.1.2","14.1.2.3");

# PEM
vmatrix["PEM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["PEM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.1.0","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["PEM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("16.0.0","15.1.0.2","15.0.1.2","14.1.2.3");


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");
}