CVE-2023-40542 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in F5 Big-ip

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
20
F5 Big-ipF5 Big-ip Access Policy ManagerF5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager+17 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 10

Description

When TCP Verified Accept is enabled on a TCP profile that 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 Packages20 packages

▶CVEListV5f5/big-ip16.1.0 — 16.1.4+3
▶NVDf5/big-ip_websafe15.1.0 — 15.1.9+3
▶NVDf5/big-ip_analytics15.1.0 — 15.1.9+3
▶NVDf5/big-ip_edge_gateway15.1.0 — 15.1.9+3
▶NVDf5/big-ip_webaccelerator15.1.0 — 15.1.9+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-m6pg-q484-64g9: When TCP Verified Accept is enabled on a TCP profile that is configured on a Virtual Server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory reso↗2023-10-10
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CVEList
BIG-IP TCP Profile vulnerability↗2023-10-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2023-40542: When TCP Verified Accept is enabled on a TCP profile that is configured on a Virtual Server, undisclosed requests can...↗2023-10-10
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CVE-2023-40542 — F5 Big-ip vulnerability | cvebase