#VU51419 Resource exhaustion in F5 Networks products - CVE-2021-22998

Vulnerability identifier: #VU51419

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22998

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
BIG-IP
BIG-IP LTM
BIG-IP AFM
BIG-IP Analytics
BIG-IP APM
BIG-IP ASM
BIG-IP FPS
BIG-IP GTM
BIG-IP PEM
BIG-IP AAM
BIG-IP DNS
BIG-IP Link Controller

Software vendor:
F5 Networks

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

The vulnerability exists due to SYN flood protection thresholds are not enforced in secure network address translation (SNAT) listeners. A remote attacker can perform SYN flood class attacks.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31934524