Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in BIG-IP AFM - CVE-2022-23018
Published: January 20, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59881
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-2022-23018
CWE-ID: CWE-755
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 improper handling of exceptional conditions when processing HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a virtual server is configured with both HTTP protocol security and HTTP Proxy Connect profiles.
Affected software
BIG-IP AFM
How to mitigate CVE-2022-23018
Install updates from vendor's website.
BIG-IP AFM - addressed in versions 14.1.4.5, 15.1.4.1, 16.1.2