Resource exhaustion in BIG-IP ASM - CVE-2019-6637
Published: August 8, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95574
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-2019-6637
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling requests to ASM REST endpoints. A remote user can send specially crafted requests to the affected endpoints, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
BIG-IP ASM
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6637
Install updates from vendor's website.
BIG-IP ASM - addressed in versions 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5, 14.0.0.5, 14.1.0.6