Denial of service in BIG-IP iControl REST API

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU59871

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23023

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within iControl REST API endpoint. A remote authenticated user can send a specially crafted request to the API endpoint and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

BIG-IP: 12.1.0 - 16.1.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:12.1.0_HF1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:12.1.0_HF2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:12.1.1_HF1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:12.1.1_HF2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:12.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:12.1.2_HF1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:12.1.2_HF2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:12.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K11742742

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.