QID 376941

Date Published: 2022-08-31

QID 376941: F5 BIG-IP Gson Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (K00994461)

The package com.google.code.gson:gson before 2.8.9 are vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data via the writeReplace() method in internal classes, which may lead to DoS attacks.CVE-2022-25647

Vulnerable Component: BIG-IP (all modules)

Affected Versions:
17.0.0
16.1.0 - 16.1.3
15.1.0 - 15.1.6
14.1.0 - 14.1.5
13.1.0 - 13.1.5

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

Traffic is disrupted for new client connections. This vulnerability allows a remote, authenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) on the BIG-IP system specific to the iAppsLX service, and the BIG-IQ system specific to the iControl REST framework. There is no data plane exposure; this is a control plane issue only.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
  • Solution
    For more information about patch details please refer to K00994461
    Vendor References

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    K00994461 URL Logo support.f5.com/csp/article/K00994461
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