5.9med
CVE-2018-5501
In some circumstances, on F5 BIG-IP systems running 13.0.0, 12.1.0 - 12.1.3.1, any 11.6.x or 11.5.x release, or 11.2.1, TCP DNS profile all…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.9
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.3%
percentile 72%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
In some circumstances, on F5 BIG-IP systems running 13.0.0, 12.1.0 - 12.1.3.1, any 11.6.x or 11.5.x release, or 11.2.1, TCP DNS profile allows excessive buffering due to lack of flow control.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.34% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator, WebSafe
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
- support.f5.com /csp/article/K44200194 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/103211 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-5501
- NVD: CVE-2018-5501
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