Memory leak in F5 Networks Traffix SDC

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU23025

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19059

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "iwl_pcie_ctxt_info_gen3_init()" function in "drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/ctxt-info-gen3.c" file. A remote attacker on the local network can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "iwl_pcie_init_fw_sec() or dma_alloc_coherent()" failures.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Traffix SDC: 5.0.0 - 5.1.0

External links

http://support.f5.com/csp/article/K06554372

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.