SB2025020739 - Remote denial of service in BIG-IP AFM and BIG-IP Next CNF



SB2025020739 - Remote denial of service in BIG-IP AFM and BIG-IP Next CNF

Published: February 7, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025020739
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24312)

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when BIG-IP AFM is provisioned with IPS module enabled and protocol inspection profile is configured on a virtual server or firewall rule or policy. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.