CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-6637

MEDIUMEPSS 70th pctl
6.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

On BIG-IP (ASM) 14.1.0-14.1.0.5, 14.0.0-14.0.0.4, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, and 12.1.0-12.1.4, Application logic abuse of ASM REST endpoints can lead to instability of BIG-IP system. Exploitation of this issue causes excessive memory consumption which results in the Linux kernel triggering OOM killer on arbitrary processes. The attack requires an authenticated user with role of "Guest" or greater privilege. Note: "No Access" cannot login so technically it's a role but a user with this access role cannot perform the attack.

How to fix

Remediation Available
big-ip application security managerNVD
Affected:>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.0.6Fixed in:14.1.0.6CVE-2019-6637derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.46%probability of exploitation in 30 days
70thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 70% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1
Third-Party Advisory1
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