CVE-2021-23053: On version 15.1.x before 15.1.3, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, and 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, when the brute force protection feature of BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP…

PriorityP426medium5.3CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAL

EPSS

0.92%

56.2th percentile

On version 15.1.x before 15.1.3, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, and 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, when the brute force protection feature of BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM is enabled on a virtual server and the virtual server is under brute force attack, the MySQL database may run out of disk space due to lack of row limit on undisclosed tables in the MYSQL database. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
f5	big-ip_advanced_waf	—	—
f5	big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall	>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.6	13.1.3.6
f5	big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall	>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1	14.1.3.1
f5	big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall	>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.3	15.1.3
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.6	13.1.3.6
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1	14.1.3.1
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.3	15.1.3
f5	big-ip_asm	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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