Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-5887 - Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in F5 products

047910
CVSS 9.1 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
f5
CWE-668
critical
nessus

Summary

On versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.1, 15.0.0-15.0.1.2, and 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) may expose a mechanism for remote attackers to access local daemons and bypass port lockdown settings.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
F5
550

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyF5 Networks Local Security Checks
NASL idF5_BIGIP_SOL10251014.NASL
descriptionBIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) may expose a mechanism for remote attackers to access local daemons and bypass port lockdown settings. (CVE-2020-5887) Impact The vulnerability can occur on BIG-IP VE systems with the following configuration : An IPv6 forwarding virtual server An IPv6 floating self IP address A virtual server has the HTTP profile configured with http explicit proxy enabled and default-connect-handling set to allow Hosts in adjacent networks may be able to bypass port lockdown settings on BIG-IP VE hosts.
last seen2020-05-09
modified2020-04-30
plugin id136131
published2020-04-30
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136131
titleF5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP VE TMM vulnerability (K10251014)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from F5 Networks BIG-IP Solution K10251014.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) F5 Networks.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(136131);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/08");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-5887");

  script_name(english:"F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP VE TMM vulnerability (K10251014)");
  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:
"BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) may expose a mechanism for remote
attackers to access local daemons and bypass port lockdown settings.
(CVE-2020-5887)

Impact

The vulnerability can occur on BIG-IP VE systems with the following
configuration :

An IPv6 forwarding virtual server

An IPv6 floating self IP address

A virtual server has the HTTP profile configured with http explicit
proxy enabled and default-connect-handling set to allow

Hosts in adjacent networks may be able to bypass port lockdown
settings on BIG-IP VE hosts."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10251014"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5
Solution K10251014."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-5887");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  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:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/04/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/04/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/04/30");
  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", "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 = "K10251014";
vmatrix = make_array();

if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

# AFM
vmatrix["AFM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["AFM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.0.1","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["AFM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("15.1.0.2","15.0.1.3","14.1.2.4");

# AM
vmatrix["AM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["AM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.0.1","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["AM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("15.1.0.2","15.0.1.3","14.1.2.4");

# APM
vmatrix["APM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["APM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.0.1","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["APM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("15.1.0.2","15.0.1.3","14.1.2.4");

# ASM
vmatrix["ASM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["ASM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.0.1","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["ASM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("15.1.0.2","15.0.1.3","14.1.2.4");

# AVR
vmatrix["AVR"] = make_array();
vmatrix["AVR"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.0.1","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["AVR"]["unaffected"] = make_list("15.1.0.2","15.0.1.3","14.1.2.4");

# GTM
vmatrix["GTM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["GTM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.0.1","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["GTM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("15.1.0.2","15.0.1.3","14.1.2.4");

# LC
vmatrix["LC"] = make_array();
vmatrix["LC"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.0.1","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["LC"]["unaffected"] = make_list("15.1.0.2","15.0.1.3","14.1.2.4");

# LTM
vmatrix["LTM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["LTM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.0.1","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["LTM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("15.1.0.2","15.0.1.3","14.1.2.4");

# PEM
vmatrix["PEM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["PEM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.0.1","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["PEM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("15.1.0.2","15.0.1.3","14.1.2.4");

# WAM
vmatrix["WAM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["WAM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("15.0.0-15.0.1","14.1.0-14.1.2");
vmatrix["WAM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("15.1.0.2","15.0.1.3","14.1.2.4");


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");
}