CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
72.8%
Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 3.1.3 and earlier does not properly handle exceptions raised in the XMLReader class, which allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid character in an XML document. (CVE-2016-2099)
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from F5 Networks BIG-IP Solution K04253390.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) F5 Networks.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(105466);
script_version("3.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/09");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-2099");
script_name(english:"F5 Networks BIG-IP : Apache Xerces vulnerability (K04253390)");
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:
"Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in
Apache Xerces C++ 3.1.3 and earlier does not properly handle
exceptions raised in the XMLReader class, which allows
context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid
character in an XML document. (CVE-2016-2099)"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K04253390"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5
Solution K04253390."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
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: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:"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_application_visibility_and_reporting");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/h:f5:big-ip");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/05/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/07/18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/12/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 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 = "K04253390";
vmatrix = make_array();
# APM
vmatrix["APM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["APM"]["affected" ] = make_list("13.0.0","12.0.0-12.1.3","11.4.0-11.6.2","11.2.1","10.2.1-10.2.4");
vmatrix["APM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("13.1.0");
# AVR
vmatrix["AVR"] = make_array();
vmatrix["AVR"]["affected" ] = make_list("13.0.0","12.0.0-12.1.3","11.4.0-11.6.2","11.2.1");
vmatrix["AVR"]["unaffected"] = make_list("13.1.0");
if (bigip_is_affected(vmatrix:vmatrix, sol:sol))
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:bigip_report_get());
else security_hole(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 APM / AVR");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
f5 | big-ip_access_policy_manager | cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager | |
f5 | big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting | cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting | |
f5 | big-ip | cpe:/h:f5:big-ip |
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
72.8%