SB2021083010 - Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP APM OCSP



SB2021083010 - Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP APM OCSP

Published: August 30, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021083010
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23047)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) verification of a certificate that contains Authority Information Access (AIA). A remote attacker can send a specially crafted OCSP AIA request and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.