CVE-2024-21789 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in F5 Big-ip Advanced WEB Application Firewall

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime4 documents4 sources

Severity

7.5HIGHNVD

EPSS

0.3%

top 49.75%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

F5 Big-ip F5 Big-ip Advanced WEB Application Firewall F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager

Timeline

PublishedFeb 14

Description

When a BIG-IP ASM/Advanced WAF security policy 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 Packages3 packages

▶NVDf5/big-ip_application_security_manager17.1.0 — 17.1.1

▶NVDf5/big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall17.1.0 — 17.1.1

▶CVEListV5f5/big-ip17.1.0 — 17.1.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-qq56-5xwp-c89r: When a BIG-IP ASM/Advanced WAF security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utiliz↗2024-02-14

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CVEList

BIG-IP ASM and Advanced WAF vulnerability↗2024-02-14

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📋Vendor Advisories

CVE-2024-21789: When a BIG-IP ASM/Advanced WAF security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an i...↗2024-02-14

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