What is CVE-2019-6661?

CVE-2019-6661 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2019-6661?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager

CVE-2019-6661

When the BIG-IP APM 14.1.0-14.1.2, 14.0.0-14.0.1, 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, 12.1.0-12.1.4.1, or 11.5.1-11.6.5 system processes certain requests, the APD/APMD daemon may consume excessive resources.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

F5 Big-ip_access_policy_manager
N/a Big-ip Apm — versions 14.1.0-14.1.2, 14.0.0-14.0.1, 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, 12.1.0-12.1.4.1, 11.5.1-11.6.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

f5sirt@f5.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6661?: CVE-2019-6661 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2019-6661?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.