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F5 Networks: K51011533 (CVE-2018-20843): Expat XML parser vulnerability CVE-2018-20843

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F5 Networks: K51011533 (CVE-2018-20843): Expat XML parser vulnerability CVE-2018-20843

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/24/2019
Created
07/23/2019
Added
07/19/2019
Modified
03/10/2021

Description

In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be usable for denial-of-service attacks).

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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