CVE-2022-35240 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release in F5 Big-ip

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
12
F5 Big-ipF5 Big-ip Access Policy ManagerF5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager+9 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 4
Latest updateAug 5

Description

In BIG-IP Versions 16.1.x before 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x before 15.1.6.1, and 14.1.x before 14.1.5, when the Message Routing (MR) Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) profile is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. 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

▶CVEListV5f5/big-ip14.1.x — 14.1.5+2
▶NVDf5/big-ip_analytics14.1.0 — 14.1.5+2
▶NVDf5/big-ip_link_controller14.1.0 — 14.1.5+2
▶NVDf5/big-ip_domain_name_system14.1.0 — 14.1.5+2
▶NVDf5/big-ip_access_policy_manager14.1.0 — 14.1.5+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8xhv-6746-mcr9: In BIG-IP Versions 16↗2022-08-05
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CVEList
BIG-IP Message Routing MQTT vulnerability CVE-2022-35240↗2022-08-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2022-35240: In BIG-IP Versions 16↗2022-08-04
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