CVE-2018-5541 (GCVE-0-2018-5541)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-25 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:33
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • DoS
Assigner
f5 CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 87 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104906 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12403422 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (ASM) Affected: 13.0.0-13.1.0.1
Affected: 12.1.0-12.1.3.5
Affected: 11.6.0-11.6.3.1
Affected: 11.5.1-11.5.6
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Date Public
2018-07-24 00:00
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