Traffic Management Microkernel Restart Issue in F5 BIG-IP Products
CVE-2018-5510

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
F5
Status
Big-ip (analytics, Ltm, Aam, Afm, Apm, Asm, Dns, Edge, Gateway, Gtm Link Controller, Pem, Webaccelerator, Websafe)
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 April 2018

Summary

A vulnerability exists in F5 BIG-IP that can lead to an unexpected restart of the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) when it processes a specific sequence of packets on IPv6 virtual servers. This can disrupt service and impact network operations, necessitating awareness and action from users of the affected versions.

Affected Version(s)

BIG-IP (Analytics, LTM, AAM, AFM, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge, Gateway, GTM Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator, WebSafe) 11.5.4 HF4-11.5.5

References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K77671456
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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