K11274054 : GNU C Library vulnerability CVE-2018-6551

Security Advisory Description

The malloc implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), from version 2.24 to 2.26 on powerpc, and only in version 2.26 on i386, did not properly handle malloc calls with arguments close to SIZE_MAX and could return a pointer to a heap region that is smaller than requested, eventually leading to heap corruption. (CVE-2018-6551)

Impact

Traffix SDC

An attacker with administrative access to the command line may be able to exploit the flaw to cause a denial of service (DoS).

BIG-IP, BIG-IQ, F5 iWorkflow, Enterprise Manager, ARX, and LineRate

There is no impact; these F5 products are not affected by this vulnerability.