F5 BIG-IP/Enterprise Manager mcpq Daemon memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP and Enterprise Manager and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component mcpq Daemon. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-6031. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in F5 BIG-IP and Enterprise Manager (Firewall Software) (the affected version is unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component mcpq Daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the mcpq daemon in F5 BIG-IP systems 10.x before 10.2.4 HF12, 11.x before 11.2.1 HF15, 11.3.x, 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF9, 11.5.x before 11.5.2 HF1, and 11.6.0 before HF4, and Enterprise Manager 2.1.0 through 2.3.0 and 3.x before 3.1.1 HF5 allows remote authenticated administrators to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 01/09/2016. The weakness was released 06/08/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at support.f5.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-6031 since 09/01/2014. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81609 (F5 Networks BIG-IP : MCPQ vulnerability (SOL16196)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family F5 Networks Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (81609). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Firewall Software

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• F5

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• BIG-IP
• Enterprise Manager

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://f5.com/

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