QID 376529

Date Published: 2022-04-11

QID 376529: F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM), Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Access Policy Manager (APM) Linux Kernel Vulnerability (K44994972)

A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service. (CVE-2020-25704)

Vulnerable Component: BIG-IP ASM,LTM,APM

Affected Versions:
16.1.0 - 16.1.2
15.1.0 - 15.1.5
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 may allow a locally authenticated user to exhaust system resources causing a denial-of-service (DoS).

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.9 severity.
    • Solution
    For more information about patch details please refer to K44994972
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