CVE-2018-5528 Denial of service in BIG-IP (APM)
Attackers can cause a denial of service by triggering a TMM restart and core file generation during APM data processing on BIG-IP devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-5528?
CVE-2018-5528 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 27 Jun 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Under certain conditions, TMM may restart and produce a core file while processing APM data on BIG-IP 13.0.1 or 13.1.0.4-13.1.0.7.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5528?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2018-5528?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5528 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-2018-5528 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5528 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-3h3m-wrpx-q44w.