CVE-2018-5502

Summary

CVECVE-2018-5502
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-22 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-04-20 17:04:00 UTC
DescriptionOn F5 BIG-IP versions 13.0.0 - 13.1.0.3, attackers may be able to disrupt services on the BIG-IP system with maliciously crafted client certificate. This vulnerability affects virtual servers associated with Client SSL profile which enables the use of client certificate authentication. Client certificate authentication is not enabled by default in Client SSL profile. There is no control plane exposure.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Edge Gateway All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Edge Gateway All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Websafe 1.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Websafe 1.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
support.f5.com/csp/article/K43121447 CONFIRM support.f5.com Vendor Advisory
F5 BIG-IP Client SSL Certificate Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Cause the Target System to Reload - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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