Improper input validation in BIG-IP ASM - CVE-2017-6154

 

Improper input validation in BIG-IP ASM - CVE-2017-6154

Published: March 30, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11391
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6154
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: F5 Networks
Affected software:
BIG-IP ASM

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the bd process due to improper processing of crafted data on BIG-IP ASM systems with 48 or more CPU cores. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data, trigger the bd process on the system to produce a core file, which could interrupt the processing of other traffic, and cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-6154

Update to versions 13.1.0, 12.1.3.2 or 11.6.3.

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