Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in BIG-IP AFM - CVE-2022-23018

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Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in BIG-IP AFM - CVE-2022-23018

Published: January 20, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU59881
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23018
CWE-ID: CWE-755
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
BIG-IP AFM
Software vendor:
F5 Networks

Description

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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