QID 376069

QID 376069: F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM), Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Access Policy Manager (APM) BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) OCSP Vulnerability (K79428827)

When BIG-IP APM performs Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) verification of a certificate that contains Authority Information Access (AIA), undisclosed requests may cause an increase in memory use.CVE-2021-23047

Vulnerable Component: BIG-IP ASM,LTM,APM

Affected Versions:
16.0.0 - 16.0.1
15.1.0 - 15.1.3
14.1.0 - 14.1.4
13.1.0 - 13.1.4
12.1.0 - 12.1.6
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.

This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a degradation of service that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) on the BIG-IP system and send OCSP AIA requests to the wrong server.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.3 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
  • Solution
    The vendor has released patch, for more information please visit: K79428827
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 376069

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    K79428827 URL Logo support.f5.com/csp/article/K79428827

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