CVE-2022-41836
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition (tier - best) vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

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).

Technical details

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).

Impact

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).

Mitigation and workarounds

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).

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