CVE-2019-6638 Denial of service in BIG-IP
Attackers can cause a denial of service on F5 BIG-IP devices by sending malformed HTTP requests to an iControl REST endpoint, triggering an infinite loop.
- 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-2019-6638?
CVE-2019-6638 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 3 Jul 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
On BIG-IP 14.1.0-14.1.0.5 and 14.0.0-14.0.0.4, Malformed http requests made to an undisclosed iControl REST endpoint can lead to infinite loop of the restjavad process.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6638?
It affects 13 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 Domain Name System and 7 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-6638?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-6638 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-2019-6638 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6638 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-jmww-463h-74hc.