CVE-2019-6677 Denial of service in BIG-IP

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service on F5 BIG-IP devices by triggering TMM traffic processing failures when custom TCP congestion control settings are used with iRules.

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-2019-6677?

CVE-2019-6677 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 23 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

On BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.0.1, 14.1.0-14.1.2, 14.0.0-14.0.1, 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, and 12.1.0-12.1.5, under certain conditions when using custom TCP congestion control settings in a TCP profile, TMM stops processing traffic when processed by an iRule.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6677?

It affects 11 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 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-6677?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-6677 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-2019-6677 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6677 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jvh4-989v-w53r.

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