Large Receive Offload Impacting F5 BIG-IP Product
CVE-2018-5512

7.5HIGH

Summary

A vulnerability exists in F5 BIG-IP versions 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5, caused by the default settings for Large Receive Offload (LRO) and SYN cookies. When specific undisclosed traffic patterns are encountered, it may lead to the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) restarting unexpectedly. This can disrupt services and expose systems to denial-of-service conditions.

Affected Version(s)

BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator, WebSafe) 13.1.0-13.1.0.5

References

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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