CVE-2018-5542

published 2018-07-25

CVE-2018-5542: F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.6, or 11.2.1-11.6.3.2 HTTPS health monitors do not validate the identity of the monitored server.

Priority P3 40 high 8.1 CVSS 3.0

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

F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.6, or 11.2.1-11.6.3.2 HTTPS health monitors do not validate the identity of the monitored server.

Affected

52 ranges · showing 25

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
f5	big-ip_aam	—	—
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	11.2.1 – 11.6.3	—
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	12.1.0 – 12.1.3	—
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	13.0.0 – 13.0.1	—
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	11.2.1 – 11.6.3	—
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	12.1.0 – 12.1.3	—
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	13.0.0 – 13.0.1	—
f5	big-ip_afm	—	—
f5	big-ip_analytics	—	—
f5	big-ip_analytics	11.2.1 – 11.6.3	—
f5	big-ip_analytics	12.1.0 – 12.1.3	—
f5	big-ip_analytics	13.0.0 – 13.0.1	—
f5	big-ip_apm	—	—
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	11.2.1 – 11.6.3	—
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	12.1.0 – 12.1.3	—
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	13.0.0 – 13.0.1	—
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.2.1 – 11.6.3	—
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	12.1.0 – 12.1.3	—
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	13.0.0 – 13.0.1	—
f5	big-ip_asm	—	—
f5	big-ip_dns	—	—
f5	big-ip_domain_name_system	11.2.1 – 11.6.3	—
f5	big-ip_domain_name_system	12.1.0 – 12.1.3	—
f5	big-ip_domain_name_system	13.0.0 – 13.0.1	—
f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 8.1 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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