CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-6638

MEDIUMEPSS 78th pctl
6.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

On BIG-IP 14.1.0-14.1.0.5 and 14.0.0-14.0.0.4, Malformed http requests made to an undisclosed iControl REST endpoint can lead to infinite loop of the restjavad process.

CWE-835

How to fix

Remediation Available
big-ip access policy managerNVD
Affected:>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.0.6Fixed in:14.1.0.6CVE-2019-6638derived from NVD
big-ip advanced firewall managerNVD
Affected:>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.0.6Fixed in:14.1.0.6CVE-2019-6638derived from NVD
big-ip analyticsNVD
Affected:>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.0.6Fixed in:14.1.0.6CVE-2019-6638derived from NVD
big-ip application acceleration managerNVD
Affected:>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.0.6Fixed in:14.1.0.6CVE-2019-6638derived from NVD
big-ip application security managerNVD
Affected:>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.0.6Fixed in:14.1.0.6CVE-2019-6638derived from NVD
big-ip domain name systemNVD
Affected:>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.0.6Fixed in:14.1.0.6CVE-2019-6638derived from NVD
big-ip edge gatewayNVD
Affected:>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.0.6Fixed in:14.1.0.6CVE-2019-6638derived from NVD
big-ip fraud protection serviceNVD
Affected:>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.0.6Fixed in:14.1.0.6CVE-2019-6638derived from NVD
big-ip global traffic managerNVD
Affected:>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.0.6Fixed in:14.1.0.6CVE-2019-6638derived from NVD
big-ip link controllerNVD
Affected:>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.0.6Fixed in:14.1.0.6CVE-2019-6638derived from NVD
big-ip local traffic managerNVD
Affected:>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.0.6Fixed in:14.1.0.6CVE-2019-6638derived from NVD
big-ip policy enforcement managerNVD
Affected:>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.0.6Fixed in:14.1.0.6CVE-2019-6638derived from NVD
big-ip webacceleratorNVD
Affected:>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.0.6Fixed in:14.1.0.6CVE-2019-6638derived 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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.99%probability of exploitation in 30 days
78thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 78% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1
Third-Party Advisory1
Other references1

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CVE-2017-16944High7.563%-Fix
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