Resource exhaustion in BIG-IP - CVE-2022-23023
Published: January 20, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59871
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23023
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within iControl REST API endpoint. A remote authenticated user can send a specially crafted request to the API endpoint and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
BIG-IP
BIG-IQ Centralized Management
BIG-IQ Centralized Management
How to mitigate CVE-2022-23023
Install updates from vendor's website.
BIG-IP - addressed in versions 14.1.4.5, 15.1.5, 16.1.2.1