Input validation error in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management - CVE-2022-29479
Published: May 5, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62820
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-2022-29479
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 insufficient validation of user-supplied input when an IPv6 self IP address is configured and the ipv6.strictcompliance database key is enabled (disabled by default) on a BIG-IP system. A remote attacker can send specially crafted IPv6 traffic to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
BIG-IP
BIG-IQ Centralized Management
BIG-IQ Centralized Management
How to mitigate CVE-2022-29479
Install updates from vendor's website.
BIG-IP - addressed in versions 13.1.5, 14.1.4.6, 15.1.5.1, 16.1.0