CVE-2018-5541

published 2018-07-25

CVE-2018-5541: 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…

Priority P3 37 high 7.5 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C N I N A H

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.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.5.1 – 11.5.5	—
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.6.1 – 11.6.3	—
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	12.1.0 – 12.1.3	—
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	13.0.0 – 13.1.0	—
f5	big-ip_asm	—	—
f5_networks_inc	big-ip	—	—
f5_networks_inc	big-ip	—	—
f5_networks_inc	big-ip	—	—
f5_networks_inc	big-ip	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.8 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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