Vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
CVE-2018-5504
In some circumstances, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) does not properly handle certain malformed Websockets requests/responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or possible remote code execution on the F5 BIG-IP system running versions 13.0.0 - 13.1.0.3 or 12.1.0 - 12.1.3.1.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.043 (90.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.043 · newest: 0.043 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
- F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager
- F5 Big-Ip Analytics
- F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager
- F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager
- F5 Big-Ip Domain Name System
- F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway
- F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager
- F5 Big-Ip Link Controller
- F5 Big-Ip Local Traffic Manager
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040558 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K11718033 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-5504?
- CVE-2018-5504 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-03-22.
- How severe is CVE-2018-5504?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.