CVE-2018-5505 describes a vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP versions 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.3, where the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) can restart when both ASM and AVR modules are provisioned and a virtual server processes DNS requests via a TCP-configured DNS profile. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) has a network attack vector and high impact on availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.