CVE-2018-5501 describes a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP systems across several versions (13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.3.1, any 11.6.x or 11.5.x, and 11.2.1) where the TCP DNS profile lacks proper flow control, leading to excessive buffering. This flaw can be exploited remotely with high attack complexity, potentially causing a denial of service (DoS) due to the system's inability to handle the buffered data. While the vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.5.1, <= 11.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.6.1, <= 11.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1.0, <= 12.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:13.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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