QID 375749

Date Published: 2021-08-12

QID 375749: F5 BIG-IP ASM,LTM,APM BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (K56715231)

F5 BIG-IP ASM (Application Security Manager) is a flexible web application firewall that secures web applications in traditional, virtual, and private cloud environments.
F5 BIG-IP (LTM) Local Traffic Manager is the most popular module offered on F5 Networks BIG-IP platform. The real power of the LTM is it is a Full Proxy, allowing you to augment client and server side connections. All while making informed load balancing decisions on availability, performance, and persistence.
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is a secure, flexible, high-performance solution that provides unified global access to your network, cloud, and applications.

Undisclosed requests to a virtual server may be incorrectly handled by Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) URI normalization, which may trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in a DoS attack. In certain situations, it theoretically may allow bypass of URL based access control or remote code execution (RCE). (CVE-2021-22991)

Vulnerable Component: BIG-IP ASM, APM,LTM

Affected Versions:
16.0.0 - 16.0.1.0
15.1.0 - 15.1.2.0
14.1.0 - 14.1.3
13.1.0 - 13.1.3.5
12.1.0 - 12.1.5.2

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

On successful exploitation of the vulnerability an attacker may trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in a DoS attack. In certain situations, it theoretically may allow bypass of URL based access control or remote code execution (RCE).

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.
  • Solution
    The vendor has released patch, for more information please visit: K56715231
    Vendor References

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    K56715231 URL Logo support.f5.com/csp/article/K56715231