Improper authentication in F5 Networks products - CVE-2018-5515

 

Improper authentication in F5 Networks products - CVE-2018-5515

Published: May 2, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12329
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5515
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: F5 Networks
Affected software:
BIG-IP LTM
BIG-IP AFM
BIG-IP Analytics
BIG-IP APM
BIG-IP ASM
BIG-IP GTM
BIG-IP PEM
BIG-IP AAM
BIG-IP DNS
BIG-IP Edge Gateway
BIG-IP Link Controller
BIG-IP WebAccelerator
BIG-IP WebSafe

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists in the target Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) component due to a remote IPv6 RADIUS server can return a specially crafted authentication response. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-5515

Update to version 13.1.0.6.

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