QID 376079

Date Published: 2021-11-18

QID 376079: F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM), Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Access Policy Manager (APM) BIG-IP MPTCP Vulnerability (K31025212)

Multipath TCP (MPTCP) forwarding flows may be created on standard virtual servers without MPTCP enabled in the applied TCP profile.CVE-2021-23004

Vulnerable Component: BIG-IP ASM,APM,LTM

Affected Versions:
16.0.0 - 16.0.1
15.1.0 - 15.1.1
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.

A remote attacker may be able to cause a BIG-IP system to consume excessive system resources and produce a core file, disrupting the flow of traffic and causing a failover to a standby system, if you configured one.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
  • Solution
    The vendor has released patch, for more information please visit: K31025212
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 376079

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    K31025212 URL Logo support.f5.com/csp/article/K31025212