CVE-2021-23044 — Improper Input Validation in F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
11
F5 Big-ip Access Policy ManagerF5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall ManagerF5 Big-ip Analytics+8 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 14
Latest updateMay 24

Description

On BIG-IP version 16.x before 16.1.0, 15.1.x before 15.1.3.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.2, 13.1.x before 13.1.4.1, and all versions of 12.1.x and 11.6.x, when the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) compression driver is used on affected BIG-IP hardware and BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) platforms, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages12 packages

▶NVDf5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager13.1.0 — 13.1.4.1+5
▶NVDf5/big-ip_global_traffic_manager13.1.0 — 13.1.4.1+5
▶NVDf5/big-ip_analytics13.1.0 — 13.1.4.1+5
▶NVDf5/big-ip_link_controller13.1.0 — 13.1.4.1+5
▶NVDf5/big-ip_domain_name_system13.1.0 — 13.1.4.1+5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-j39x-23p8-9mpq: On BIG-IP version 16↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-23044: On BIG-IP version 16↗2021-09-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2021-23044: On BIG-IP version 16↗2021-09-14
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CVE-2021-23044 — Improper Input Validation in F5 | cvebase