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CVE-2018-5501

N/A
Published: March 1, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:00 AM UTC
25 products affected across 2 vendorsBig IP Access Policy ManagerBig IP Application Security ManagerBig IP Advanced Firewall Manager

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

In some circumstances, on F5 BIG-IP systems running 13.0.0, 12.1.0 - 12.1.3.1, any 11.6.x or 11.5.x release, or 11.2.1, TCP DNS profile allows excessive buffering due to lack of flow control.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Big IP Access Policy Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.212.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.113.0.0
Big IP Advanced Firewall Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.212.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.113.0.0
Big IP Analytics· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.212.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.113.0.0
Big IP Application Acceleration Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.212.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.113.0.0
Big IP Application Security Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.212.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.113.0.0
Big IP DNS· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.212.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.113.0.0
Big IP Edge Gateway· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.212.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.113.0.0
Big IP Global Traffic Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.212.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.113.0.0
Big IP Link Controller· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.212.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.113.0.0
Big IP Local Traffic Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.212.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.311.2.111.5.1 - 11.5.x11.6.1 - 11.6.x12.1.0 - 12.1.3.113.0.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103211
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K44200194

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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