F5 BIG-IP/Enterprise Manager Traffic Management User Interface Request input validation

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A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP and Enterprise Manager and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Traffic Management User Interface. Such manipulation as part of Request leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-6598. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP and Enterprise Manager (Firewall Software) (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Traffic Management User Interface. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.0.0.2, 13.0.0-13.1.0.7, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.1-11.6.3.2, or 11.5.1-11.5.8 or Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, malformed requests to the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the BIG-IP Configuration utility, may lead to disruption of TMUI services. This attack requires an authenticated user with any role (other than the No Access role). The No Access user role cannot login and does not have the access level to perform the attack.

The bug was discovered 03/22/2019. The weakness was disclosed 03/13/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at support.f5.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6598 since 01/22/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/01/2023).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Firewall Software

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• F5

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• BIG-IP
• Enterprise Manager

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://f5.com/

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