Denial of service in BIG-IP TMM IPv6



Published: 2022-05-05
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-29479
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		BIG-IP
Hardware solutions / Firmware

BIG-IQ Centralized Management
Server applications / Remote management servers, RDP, SSH

Vendor F5 Networks

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU62820

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29479

CWE-ID:

Exploit availability:

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

BIG-IP: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1.2

BIG-IQ Centralized Management: 7.0.0 - 8.0.0.1

Fixed software versions

CPE2.3 External links

http://support.f5.com/csp/article/K64124988


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?



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