CVE-2017-0302 Denial of service in BIG-IP APM
An authenticated user can cause traffic disruption in F5 BIG-IP APM by requesting URLs shorter than 16 characters.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-0302?
CVE-2017-0302 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 9 May 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In F5 BIG-IP APM 12.0.0 through 12.1.2 and 13.0.0, an authenticated user with an established access session to the BIG-IP APM system may be able to cause a traffic disruption if the length of the requested URL is less than 16 characters.
Weakness: CWE-118
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0302?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2017-0302?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0302 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-0302 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0302 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
- CVE-2023-46747 F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication
- CVE-2021-22986 F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-22991 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rhhq-x9p3-xx33.