CVE-2018-5530 Denial of service in BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Edge Gateway, PEM, WebSafe)
Attackers can cause denial of service on F5 BIG-IP devices by exploiting HPACK Bomb vulnerabilities in HTTP/2 profiles.
- 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-2018-5530?
CVE-2018-5530 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 25 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, or 11.6.0-11.6.3.1 virtual servers with HTTP/2 profiles enabled are vulnerable to "HPACK Bomb".
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5530?
It affects 9 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 Edge Gateway and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2018-5530?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5530 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-2018-5530 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5530 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-5wcx-3ffq-75xq.