Resource exhaustion in BIG-IP Analytics - CVE-2019-6683
Published: December 23, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30504
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-2019-6683
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: F5 Networks
Affected software:
BIG-IP Analytics
BIG-IP Analytics
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
On versions 15.0.0-15.0.1.1, 14.1.0-14.1.2.2, 14.0.0-14.0.1, 13.1.0-13.1.3.2, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.5.2-11.6.5.1, BIG-IP virtual servers with Loose Initiation enabled on a FastL4 profile may be subject to excessive flow usage under undisclosed conditions.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6683
Install update from vendor's website.