CVE-2018-5541

When F5 BIG-IP ASM 13.0.0-13.1.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.5.1-11.5.6 is processing HTTP requests, an unusually large number of parameters can cause excessive CPU usage in the BIG-IP ASM bd process.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104906	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12403422	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-07-25 14:29

Updated : 2018-09-17 17:17

NVD link : CVE-2018-5541

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5541

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-5541

JSON object : View

Products Affected

f5

big-ip_application_security_manager

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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