CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5538
3.7 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-07-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 3.7 LOW — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Description
On F5 BIG-IP DNS 13.1.0-13.1.0.7, 12.1.3-12.1.3.5, DNS Express / DNS Zones accept NOTIFY messages on the management interface from source IP addresses not listed in the 'Allow NOTIFY From' configuration parameter when the db variable "dnsexpress.notifyport" is set to any value other than the default of "0".
Affected configurations
• f5 big-ip domain name system (>= 12.1.3 <= 12.1.3.5)
• f5 big-ip domain name system (> 13.1.0 <= 13.1.0.7)
• f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 12.1.3 <= 12.1.3.5)
• f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.0.7)
• f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 12.1.3 <= 12.1.3.5)
• f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.0.7)
• f5 big-ip link controller (>= 12.1.3 <= 12.1.3.5)
• f5 big-ip link controller (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.0.7)
References
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K45435121 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K45435121 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory