SB2019122202 - Memory leak in MFC in F5 Networks BIG-IP LTM
Published: December 22, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019122202
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6681)
CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the tmrouted process on a BIG-IP system licensed with the Routing bundle and configured for Multicast Forwarding Cache (MFC). A remote attacker can trigger memory leak and perform a denial of service attack by exhausting system resources.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.