Resource exhaustion in BIG-IP Analytics - CVE-2019-6638
Published: July 3, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31028
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6638
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
On BIG-IP 14.1.0-14.1.0.5 and 14.0.0-14.0.0.4, Malformed http requests made to an undisclosed iControl REST endpoint can lead to infinite loop of the restjavad process.
Affected software
BIG-IP Analytics
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6638
Install update from vendor's website.
BIG-IP Analytics - update to 14.1.0.6