SB2019112909 - Denial of service in several F5 BIG-IP products
Published: November 29, 2019 Updated: November 29, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019112909
Severity
Medium
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) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6667)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may consume excessive resources when processing traffic for a virtual server with the FIX (Financial Information eXchange) profile applied. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.