SB2023080285 - Denial of service in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ iControl SOAP daemon 



SB2023080285 - Denial of service in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ iControl SOAP daemon

Published: August 2, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023080285
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38419)

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.