CVE-2021-23053 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in F5 Big-ip Advanced WEB Application Firewall

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
F5 Big-ip Advanced WEB Application FirewallF5 Big-ip Application Security Manager
Timeline
PublishedSep 14
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDf5/big-ip_application_security_manager13.1.0 — 13.1.3.6+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6ccx-cmhg-89c5: On version 15↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-23053: On version 15↗2021-09-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2021-23053: On version 15↗2021-09-14
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