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CVE-2018-5538

N/A
Published: July 25, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:00 AM UTC
5 products affected across 2 vendorsBig IP Local Traffic ManagerBig IP Link ControllerBig IP Global Traffic Manager

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

On F5 BIG-IP DNS 13.1.0-13.1.0.7, 12.1.3-12.1.3.5, DNS Express / DNS Zones accept NOTIFY messages on the management interface from source IP addresses not listed in the 'Allow NOTIFY From' configuration parameter when the db variable "dnsexpress.notifyport" is set to any value other than the default of "0".

Affected

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

Big IP Domain Name System· F5
95%
12.1.3 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.513.1.0 < v ≤ 13.1.0.7
Big IP Global Traffic Manager· F5
95%
12.1.3 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.0.7
Big IP Link Controller· F5
95%
12.1.3 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.0.7
Big IP Local Traffic Manager· F5
95%
12.1.3 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.0.7
BIG-IP DNS· F5-networks
60%
12.1.3-12.1.3.513.1.0-13.1.0.7

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K45435121

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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