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A security vulnerability identified as CVE-2022-41836 affects F5's BIG-IP systems when an 'Attack Signature False Positive Mode' enabled security policy is configured on a virtual server. The vulnerability was discovered and assigned on September 30, 2022, affecting multiple versions of BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall and BIG-IP Application Security Manager, including versions 15.1.0-15.1.7, 16.1.0-16.1.3.1, and 17.0.0 (MITRE CVE).
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score indicating a network-accessible vulnerability (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no privileges (PR:N) and no user interaction (UI:N). The scope is unchanged (S:U), with no impact on confidentiality (C:N) or integrity (I:N), but high impact on availability (A:H) (NVD NIST).
When exploited, this vulnerability can cause the bd process to terminate, potentially leading to a denial of service condition in affected F5 BIG-IP systems (MITRE CVE).
F5 has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The fix is available in subsequent versions after 15.1.7, 16.1.3.1, and patched versions of 17.0.0 (NVD NIST).
Source: This report was generated using AI
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