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CVE-2018-5504

High

Description

In some circumstances, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) does not properly handle certain malformed Websockets requests/responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or possible remote code execution on the F5 BIG-IP system running versions 13.0.0 - 13.1.0.3 or 12.1.0 - 12.1.3.1.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.1
Exploit probability—
ProductF5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager
PublishedMar 22, 2018
First seenMar 22, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager12.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4 or later
  • f5 big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager13.1.0.4 or later
  • f5 big-ip_analytics12.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4 or later
  • f5 big-ip_application_acceleration_manager12.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4 or later
  • f5 big-ip_application_security_manager12.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4 or later
  • f5 big-ip_domain_name_system12.1.3.2 or later
  • f5 big-ip_edge_gateway12.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4 or later
  • f5 big-ip_global_traffic_manager12.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4 or later
  • f5 big-ip_link_controller12.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4 or later
  • f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager12.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4 or later
  • f5 big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager12.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4 or later
  • f5 big-ip_webaccelerator12.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager12.1.0 ≤ v < 12.1.3.2, 13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.412.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4
f5 big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager12.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.2, 13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.413.1.0.4
f5 big-ip_analytics12.1.0 ≤ v < 12.1.3.2, 13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.412.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4
f5 big-ip_application_acceleration_manager12.1.0 ≤ v < 12.1.3.2, 13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.412.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4
f5 big-ip_application_security_manager12.1.0 ≤ v < 12.1.3.2, 13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.412.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4
f5 big-ip_domain_name_system12.1.0 ≤ v < 12.1.3.2, 13.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.0.412.1.3.2
f5 big-ip_edge_gateway12.1.0 ≤ v < 12.1.3.2, 13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.412.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4
f5 big-ip_global_traffic_manager12.1.0 ≤ v < 12.1.3.2, 13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.412.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4
f5 big-ip_link_controller12.1.0 ≤ v < 12.1.3.2, 13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.412.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4
f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager12.1.0 ≤ v < 12.1.3.2, 13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.412.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4
f5 big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager12.1.0 ≤ v < 12.1.3.2, 13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.412.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4
f5 big-ip_webaccelerator12.1.0 ≤ v < 12.1.3.2, 13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.412.1.3.2, 13.1.0.4
f5 big-ip_websafe1.0.0—

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