CVE-2018-15324 Denial of service in BIG-IP (APM)
A specially crafted request can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel to restart, leading to a denial of service on BIG-IP APM devices.
- 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-2018-15324?
CVE-2018-15324 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 31 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
On BIG-IP APM 14.0.0-14.0.0.2 or 13.0.0-13.1.1.1, TMM may restart when processing a specially crafted request with APM portal access.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15324?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2018-15324?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15324 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-2018-15324 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15324 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
- CVE-2023-46747 F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication
- CVE-2021-22986 F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-22991 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7vf7-877p-m8c7.