CVE-2021-22976

Summary

CVECVE-2021-22976
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-12 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-12 17:42:00 UTC
DescriptionOn BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and all 12.1.x versions, when the BIG-IP ASM system processes WebSocket requests with JSON payloads, an unusually large number of parameters can cause excessive CPU usage in the BIG-IP ASM bd process. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
support.f5.com/csp/article/K88230177 MISC support.f5.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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