F5 BIG-IP up to 13.1.1.1/14.0.0.2 iControl/TMSH resource consumption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in F5 BIG-IP up to 13.1.1.1/14.0.0.2 (Firewall Software). This affects some unknown processing of the component iControl/TMSH. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.0.0.2 or 13.0.0-13.1.1.1, iControl and TMSH usage by authenticated users may leak a small amount of memory when executing commands

The bug was discovered 10/31/2018. The weakness was presented 10/30/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.f5.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-15325 since 08/14/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118697 (F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP iControl and tmsh vulnerability (K77313277)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family F5 Networks Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371351 (F5 BIG-IP ASM,LTM,APM iControl and tmsh Memory Leak Vulnerability (K77313277)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (118697). See 126365, 126361, 126360 and 126359 for similar entries.

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 118697
Nessus Name: F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP iControl and tmsh vulnerability (K77313277)
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Vendor: f5.com

Advisory: K77313277
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CVE: CVE-2018-15325 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/01/2018 05:58
Updated: 06/04/2023 08:59
Changes: 11/01/2018 05:58 (66), 04/09/2020 11:20 (4), 06/04/2023 08:59 (4)
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