Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP Next CNF and BIG-IP AFM



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-25560
CWE-ID CWE-476
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 BIG-IP Next CNF
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

BIG-IP AFM
Hardware solutions / Security hardware applicances

Vendor F5 Networks

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU89328

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [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-2024-25560

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

BIG-IP Next CNF: 1.1.0 - 1.1.1

BIG-IP AFM: before 16.1.4

CPE2.3 External links

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000139037


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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