SB2024051012 - Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP Next CNF and BIG-IP AFM
Published: May 10, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024051012
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25560)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when handling DNS traffic in Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM). A remote attacker can send specially crafted DNS requests to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a DNS profile is applied to a virtual server.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.