Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in BIG-IP - CVE-2022-28706

 

Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in BIG-IP - CVE-2022-28706

Published: May 5, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62813
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-2022-28706
CWE-ID: CWE-754
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 incorrect validation of errors in the DNS resolver configuration. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic to the affected device and cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate.


Affected software

BIG-IP

How to mitigate CVE-2022-28706

Install updates from vendor's website.

BIG-IP - addressed in versions 15.1.5.1, 16.1.2

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