#VU50611 Input validation error in F5 Networks products - CVE-2021-22977

 

#VU50611 Input validation error in F5 Networks products - CVE-2021-22977

Published: February 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50611
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2021-22977
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
BIG-IP
BIG-IP DDHD
BIG-IP SSLO
BIG-IP LTM
BIG-IP AFM
BIG-IP Analytics
BIG-IP APM
BIG-IP ASM
BIG-IP FPS
BIG-IP GTM
BIG-IP PEM
BIG-IP AAM
BIG-IP DNS
BIG-IP Link Controller
BIG-IP Advanced WAF
Software vendor:
F5 Networks

Description

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 processing communication between malicious HTTP client code and a malicious server. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and force the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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