Resource exhaustion in BIG-IP - CVE-2022-29480
Published: May 5, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62817
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29480
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 when multiple route domains are configured. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to big3d can cause an increase in CPU resource utilization.
Affected software
BIG-IP
How to mitigate CVE-2022-29480
Install updates from vendor's website.
BIG-IP - addressed in versions 13.1.5, 14.0.0