CVE-2015-5058 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published 24 Aug 2015 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via crafted ICMP packets, affecting F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2015-5058?

CVE-2015-5058 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 24 Aug 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory leak in the virtual server component in F5 Big-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, and PEM 11.5.x before 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.3 before HF1, and 11.6.0 before HF5, BIG-IQ Cloud, Device, and Security 4.4.0 through 4.5.0, and BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted ICMP packets.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5058?

It affects 12 products.

Products include 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 Global Traffic Manager and 6 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5058?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5058 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-5058 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5058 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w63f-w97q-mwg5.