SB2022050516 - Denial of service in BIG-IP TMM IPv6
Published: May 5, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022050516
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29479)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when an IPv6 self IP address is configured and the ipv6.strictcompliance database key is enabled (disabled by default) on a BIG-IP system. A remote attacker can send specially crafted IPv6 traffic to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.