CVE-2018-5536 Denial of service in BIG-IP (APM)
A remote attacker can cause a memory leak in the APM module, leading to denial of service, affecting F5 BIG-IP systems with specific configurations.
- 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-2018-5536?
CVE-2018-5536 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
A remote attacker via undisclosed measures, may be able to exploit an F5 BIG-IP APM 13.0.0-13.1.0.7 or 12.1.0-12.1.3.5 virtual server configured with an APM per-request policy object and cause a memory leak in the APM module.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5536?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2018-5536?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5536 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-2018-5536 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5536 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- 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-24wx-mghc-gchm.