Applies To:
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BIG-IP LTM
- 13.0.1, 13.0.0
BIG-IP PEM
- 13.0.1, 13.0.0
BIG-IP ASM
- 13.0.1, 13.0.0
You can create a local traffic policy to mitigate shellshock. In shellshock, an Internet service misuses bash shell functionality to process requests that execute arbitrary commands, potentially giving an attacker unauthorized access. This example policy examines requests for an uncommon pattern of "() {" in the URI, to minimize the possibility of false-positive matches.
Examples
Creating a policy to mitigate a shellshock attack: video example
A shellshock attack refers to a class of exploits that misuse the bash shell through a specifically crafted URL. You can associate a BIG-IP® local traffic policy with a virtual server to mitigate a shellshock attack, where the policy examines requests for a pattern of "() {" in the URI. Watch the following video for an example of creating a local traffic policy and associating it with a virtual server.
Watch how to create a policy to mitigate a shellshock attack
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Mitigating shellshock: tmsh example
This topic provides a tmsh command to list the configured settings for a Mitigating Shellshock policy. During this type of attack, a class of exploits misuse the bash shell through a specifically crafted URL. This topic also provides a tmsh command to list the configured virtual server settings.
(tmos)# list ltm policy MitigatingShellshock
ltm policy MitigatingShellshock{
controls { forwarding }
description "This policy mitigates shellshock."
last-modified 2016-03-02:11:46:00
requires { http }
rules {
StopShellshock {
actions {
0 {
log
write
facility local0
message "tcl:Shellshock detected from [IP::client_addr], blocked"
priority info
}
1 {
forward
reset
}
}
conditions {
0 {
http-uri
query string
contains
values { "() {" }
}
}
}
}
status published
strategy first-match
}
(tmos)# list ltm virtual HTTP-VS4
ltm.virtual.HTTP-VS4{
destination 10.10.0.51:http
ip-protocol tcp
mask 255.255.255.255
policies {
MitigatingShellshock { }
}
profiles {
http { }
tcp { }
}
source 0.0.0.0/0
translate-address enabled
translate-port enabled
vs-index 5
}
Mitigating shellshock: iRules example
This topic provides an example of iRules® code that is equivalent to a policy to mitigate shellshock, where the policy examines requests for a pattern of "() {" in the URI.
when HTTP_REQUEST {
set pattern "*() \{*";
if { [string match $pattern [HTTP::uri]] } {
log local0. "Detected CVE-2014-6271 attack from '[IP::client_addr]' in URI '[HTTP::uri]'";
reject;
} else {
foreach header_name [HTTP::header names] {
foreach header_value [HTTP::header values $header_name] {
if { [string match $pattern $header_value] } {
log local0. "Detected CVE-2014-6271 attack from '[IP::client_addr]' in HTTP Header $header_
reject;
break;
}
}
}
}
}
when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { [string match "*() \{*" [HTTP::request]] } {
log local0. "Detected CVE-2014-6271 attack from '[IP::client_addr]'; URI = '[HTTP::uri]'";
reject;
}
}
