Resource exhaustion in BIG-IP - CVE-2022-23015
Published: January 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59847
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23015
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 processing TLS traffic. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a Client SSL profile is configured on a virtual server with Client Certificate Authentication set to request/require and Session Ticket enabled and configured.
Affected software
BIG-IP
How to mitigate CVE-2022-23015
Install updates from vendor's website.
BIG-IP - addressed in versions 14.1.4.5, 15.1.4.1, 16.1.0