CVE-2018-5541 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2018-07-25

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

F5 Networks, Inc.

BIG-IP (ASM)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`13.0.0-13.1.0.1`	affected	—
`12.1.0-12.1.3.5`	affected	—
`11.6.0-11.6.3.1`	affected	—
`11.5.1-11.5.6`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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::::::::

No data.

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-17310	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00588.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104906
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12403422

History

No history.

Subscriptions

F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: f5

Published: 2018-07-25T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:33:47.886Z

Reserved: 2018-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-5541

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-25T14:29:00.477

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:09:02.050

Link: CVE-2018-5541

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-400

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