Resource exhaustion in BIG-IP AFM - CVE-2022-23024
Published: January 20, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59890
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23024
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 in Virtual server with IPsec ALG logging profile. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
BIG-IP AFM
How to mitigate CVE-2022-23024
Install updates from vendor's website.
BIG-IP AFM - addressed in versions 14.1.4.2, 15.1.4.1, 16.1.0