Input validation error in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management - CVE-2023-38419

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Input validation error in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management - CVE-2023-38419

Published: August 2, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78885
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38419
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the iControl SOAP daemon. A remote user with at least guest role privileges can send specially crafted requests to the iControl SOAP service and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

BIG-IP
BIG-IQ Centralized Management

How to mitigate CVE-2023-38419

Install updates from vendor's website.

BIG-IP - addressed in versions 14.1.5.5, 15.1.9.1, 16.1.3.5, 17.1.0.2

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