Resource exhaustion in F5 Networks products - CVE-2019-6660

 

Resource exhaustion in F5 Networks products - CVE-2019-6660

Published: November 19, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22832
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6660
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 FPS
BIG-IP GTM
BIG-IP PEM
BIG-IP AAM
BIG-IP DNS
BIG-IP Edge Gateway
BIG-IP Link Controller
BIG-IP WebAccelerator

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to undisclosed HTTP requests may consume excessive amounts of systems resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-6660

Install updates from vendor's website.

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