#VU59871 Resource exhaustion in BIG-IP - CVE-2022-23023
Published: January 20, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59871
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23023
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
BIG-IP
BIG-IP
Software vendor:
F5 Networks
F5 Networks
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within iControl REST API endpoint. A remote authenticated user can send a specially crafted request to the API endpoint and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.