F5 BIG-IP APM up to 14.1.2 APD/APMD Request resource consumption

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in F5 BIG-IP APM up to 11.6.5/12.1.4.1/13.1.3.1/14.0.1/14.1.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component APD/APMD. Such manipulation as part of Request leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-6661. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP APM up to 11.6.5/12.1.4.1/13.1.3.1/14.0.1/14.1.2 (Firewall Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component APD/APMD. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

When the BIG-IP APM 14.1.0-14.1.2, 14.0.0-14.0.1, 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, 12.1.0-12.1.4.1, or 11.5.1-11.6.5 system processes certain requests, the APD/APMD daemon may consume excessive resources.

The weakness was published 11/15/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6661 since 01/22/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required 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 $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/23/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• F5

Name

• BIG-IP APM

Version

• 11.6.0
• 11.6.1
• 11.6.2
• 11.6.3
• 11.6.4
• 11.6.5
• 12.1.4.0
• 12.1.4.1
• 13.1.3.0
• 13.1.3.1
• 14.0.0
• 14.0.1
• 14.1.0
• 14.1.1
• 14.1.2

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://f5.com/

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