Remote denial of service in F5 BIG-IP Apache HTTPD component

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU93544

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-2024-38477

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 mod_proxy. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to the web server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

BIG-IP: 15.1.2.1 - 17.1.1.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:15.1.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:16.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:17.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:f5_networks:big-ip:17.1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000140784

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.