CVE-2018-5538

LOW

F5 BIG-IP DNS <13.1.0.7, <12.1.3.5 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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".

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K45435121

Scores

CVSS v3 3.7
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 59.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

Status published
Products (4)
f5/big-ip_domain_name_system 12.1.3 - 12.1.3.5
f5/big-ip_global_traffic_manager 12.1.3 - 12.1.3.5
f5/big-ip_link_controller 12.1.3 - 12.1.3.5
f5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager 12.1.3 - 12.1.3.5
Published Jul 25, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026