Resource exhaustion in BIG-IP - CVE-2024-41727
Published: August 15, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96038
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41727
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: F5 Networks
Affected software:
BIG-IP
BIG-IP
Detailed vulnerability description
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 of the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) process when running on r2000 and r4000 series hardware, or BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VEs) using Intel E810 SR-IOV NIC. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-41727
Install updates from vendor's website.