K27044729 : TMM vulnerability CVE-2018-5528

Security Advisory Description

Under certain conditions, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may restart and produce a core file while processing BIG-IP APM data. (CVE-2018-5528)

Impact

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) on the BIG-IP system. The BIG-IP system will temporarily fail to process traffic as it recovers from a TMM restart, and devices configured in a device group may fail over.