SB2023020307 - Denial of service in BIG-IP SSL OCSP Authentication profile 



SB2023020307 - Denial of service in BIG-IP SSL OCSP Authentication profile

Published: February 3, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023020307
Severity
Medium
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-2023-22323)

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

The vulnerability exists due to system does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the OCSP authentication profile. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to the system, cause increase in CPU resource utilization and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.