cve-2018-5537
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-07-25 14:00
Modified
2024-09-16 16:13
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
A remote attacker may be able to disrupt services on F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.2.1-11.5.6 if the TMM virtual server is configured with a HTML or a Rewrite profile. TMM may restart while processing some specially prepared HTML content from the back end.
References
▼ | URL | Tags | |
---|---|---|---|
f5sirt@f5.com | https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K94105051 | Vendor Advisory | |
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K94105051 | Vendor Advisory |
Impacted products
Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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F5 Networks, Inc. | BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, APM, ASM, Edge Gateway, GTM, PEM, WebAccelerator, WebSafe) |
Version: 13.0.0-13.1.0.5 Version: 12.1.0-12.1.3.5 Version: 11.6.0-11.6.3.1 Version: 11.2.1-11.5.6 |
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