#VU51399 Resource exhaustion in BIG-IP ASM - CVE-2021-23001

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#VU51399 Resource exhaustion in BIG-IP ASM - CVE-2021-23001

Published: March 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU51399
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23001
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
BIG-IP ASM
Software vendor:
F5 Networks

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to the upload functionality in BIG-IP ASM allows an authenticated user to upload files to the BIG-IP system using a call to an undisclosed iControl REST endpoint. A remote authenticated user can upload large files to the system, consume all available disk space and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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