CVE-2018-5541

CVSS V2 High 7.8 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
When F5 BIG-IP ASM 13.0.0-13.1.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.5.1-11.5.6 is processing HTTP requests, an unusually large number of parameters can cause excessive CPU usage in the BIG-IP ASM bd process.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-5541
  • Assigner
  • f5sirt@f5.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-07-25T14:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-09-17T17:17:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-400 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 11.5.1 11.5.5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 11.6.1 11.6.3
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 12.1.0 12.1.3
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 13.0.0 13.1.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12403422 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104906 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5541
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5541
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:37:51 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 10:29:55 2018-07-25T14:29Z 2018-07-25T14:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 10:29:55 2018-09-17T17:17:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 10:29:55 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated