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CVE-2022-23012: 
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A vulnerability identified as CVE-2022-23012 affects F5's BIG-IP systems versions 15.1.x before 15.1.4.1 and 14.1.x before 14.1.4.5. The vulnerability was discovered and reported on January 10, 2022. When the HTTP/2 profile is configured on a virtual server, certain undisclosed requests can trigger a termination of the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) (MITRE CVE, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. The weakness is classified as CWE-415 (Double Free). The vulnerability affects multiple BIG-IP modules including Access Policy Manager, Advanced Firewall Manager, Analytics, Application Acceleration Manager, and several others in the specified version ranges (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability primarily affects system availability, as evidenced by its ability to cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. This impact is reflected in the CVSS scoring, which indicates high impact on availability but no direct impact on confidentiality or integrity (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

F5 has released patched versions 15.1.4.1 and 14.1.4.5 to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade to these versions or later to mitigate the risk (MITRE CVE).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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