Deserialization of Untrusted Data in BIG-IP DNS - CVE-2022-33947
Published: August 5, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU66145
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-33947
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI). A remote user can cause the Tomcat process to restart and perform unauthorized DNS requests and operations through undisclosed requests.
Affected software
BIG-IP DNS
How to mitigate CVE-2022-33947
Install updates from vendor's website.
BIG-IP DNS - addressed in versions 14.1.5, 15.1.6.1, 16.1.3, 17.0.0