QID 375528

Date Published: 2021-05-13

QID 375528: F5 BIG-IP TMM Vulnerability(K10751325)

F5's BIG-IP is a family of products covering software and hardware designed around application availability, access control, and security solutions.

CVE-2021-23011: Vulnerable component is Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM). When the BIG-IP system is buffering packet fragments for reassembly, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may consume an excessive amount of resources, eventually leading to a restart and failover event.

Vulnerable Component: BIG-IP all modules

Affected Versions:
16.0.0 - 16.0.1
15.0.0 - 15.1.2
14.1.0 - 14.1.3
13.1.0 - 13.1.3
12.1.0 - 12.1.5
11.6.1 - 11.6.5

QID Detection Logic(Authenticated):
This QID checks for the vulnerable versions of F5 BIG-IP devices using the tmsh command.

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) generates a core file and restarts. When configured as part of a high availability (HA) device group, the BIG-IP system fails over to the peer device.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.3 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • Solution
    The vendor has released patch, for more information please visit: K10751325

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 375528

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    K10751325 URL Logo support.f5.com/csp/article/K10751325

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