SB2024081518 - Remote denial of service in F5 BIG-IP HSB
Published: August 15, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024081518
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39778)
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 when a stateless virtual server is configured on a BIG-IP system with a High-Speed Bridge (HSB). A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) module and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.