SB2018020705 - Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP PEM
Published: February 7, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018020705
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6169)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exist due to a flaw in the Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM) URL categorization process. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted URLs disrupt traffic processing or cause the target virtual system to fail.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.