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F5 BIG-IP - ICMP packet processing vulnerability CVE-2015-5058

🗓️ 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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F5 BIG-IP - ICMP packet processing vulnerability CVE-2015-5058. Vulnerable to memory leak via crafted ICMP packets

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/h:f5:big-ip";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105338");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5058");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");

  script_name("F5 BIG-IP - ICMP packet processing vulnerability CVE-2015-5058");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K17047");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A remote attacker may be able to cause a memory leak on the BIG-IP system.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Memory leak in the virtual server component in F5 Big-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, and PEM 11.5.x before 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.3
before HF1, and 11.6.0 before HF5, BIG-IQ Cloud, Device, and Security 4.4.0 through 4.5.0, and BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a
large number of crafted ICMP packets.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Vendor Updates are available.");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"F5 BIG-IP is prone to a ICMP packet processing vulnerability");

  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-08-31 11:23:51 +0200 (Mon, 31 Aug 2015)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_family("F5 Local Security Checks");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("gb_f5_big_ip_ssh_login_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("f5/big_ip/version", "f5/big_ip/active_modules");
  exit(0);
}

include("f5.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, service: "ssh-login"))
  exit(0);

check_f5["LTM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.5.0-11.6.0;",
                             "unaffected", "12.0.0;11.6.0_HF5;11.5.4;11.5.3_HF1;11.5.1_HF10;10.1.0-11.4.1;");

check_f5["AAM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.5.0-11.6.0;",
                             "unaffected", "12.0.0;11.6.0_HF5;11.5.4;11.5.3_HF1;11.5.1_HF10;11.4.0-11.4.1;");

check_f5["AFM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.5.0-11.6.0;",
                             "unaffected", "12.0.0;11.6.0_HF5;11.5.4;11.5.3_HF1;11.5.1_HF10;11.3.0-11.4.1;");

check_f5["AVR"] = make_array("affected",   "11.5.0-11.6.0;",
                             "unaffected", "12.0.0;11.6.0_HF5;11.5.4;11.5.3_HF1;11.5.1_HF10;11.0.0-11.4.1;");

check_f5["APM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.5.0-11.6.0;",
                             "unaffected", "12.0.0;11.6.0_HF5;11.5.4;11.5.3_HF1;11.5.1_HF10;10.1.0-11.4.1;");

check_f5["ASM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.5.0-11.6.0;",
                             "unaffected", "12.0.0;11.6.0_HF5;11.5.4;11.5.3_HF1;11.5.1_HF10;10.1.0-11.4.1;");

check_f5["GTM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.5.0-11.6.0;",
                             "unaffected", "11.6.0_HF5;11.5.4;11.5.3_HF1;11.5.1_HF10;10.1.0-11.4.1;");

check_f5["LC"]  = make_array("affected",   "11.5.0-11.6.0;",
                             "unaffected", "12.0.0;11.6.0_HF5;11.5.4;11.5.3_HF1;11.5.1_HF10;10.1.0-11.4.1;");

check_f5["PEM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.5.0-11.6.0;",
                             "unaffected", "12.0.0;11.6.0_HF5;11.5.4;11.5.3_HF1;11.5.1_HF10;11.3.0-11.4.1;");

if (report = f5_is_vulnerable(ca: check_f5, version: version)) {
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
5.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.2
CVSS 27.8
EPSS0.01908
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