QID 376078

Date Published: 2021-11-18

QID 376078: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) Vulnerability (K32049501)

Under certain conditions, when processing VPN traffic with APM, TMM consumes excessive memory. A malicious, authenticated VPN user may abuse this to perform a DoS attack against the APM.CVE-2021-22985

Vulnerable Component: BIG-IP APM

Affected Versions:
16.0.0 - 16.0.1

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

The BIG-IP APM system may consume excessive memory and cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to exit and restart. If you configured your BIG-IP APM system for high availability (HA), it may fail over to a standby system.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.8 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released patch, for more information please visit: K32049501

Vendor References

K32049501 - support.f5.com/csp/article/K32049501

CVEs related to QID 376078

CVE-2021-22985 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
K32049501			support.f5.com/csp/article/K32049501

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