SB2022012006 - Denial of service in BIG-IP iControl REST API 



SB2022012006 - Denial of service in BIG-IP iControl REST API

Published: January 20, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022012006
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23023)

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.