Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQBIG-IQ Centralized Management

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU66146

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [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-2022-34851

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

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 in the iControl SOAP. A remote user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

BIG-IP: 13.1.0 - 17.0.0

BIG-IQ Centralized Management: 8.0.0 - 8.2.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:13.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:14.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:15.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:16.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:17.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:f5_networks:big-iq:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:f5_networks:big-iq:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:f5_networks:big-iq:8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K50310001

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.