SB2021042923 - Denial of service in BIg-IP TMM SCTP implementation
Published: April 29, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021042923
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23013)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources in TMM when processing Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) traffic under certain conditions. A remote attacker can send specially crafted SCTP packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.