CVE-2021-22992 Memory corruption in BIG-IP Advanced WAF and BIG-IP ASM

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

A buffer overflow in F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF/ASM allows remote attackers to cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via malicious HTTP responses.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-22992?

CVE-2021-22992 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 31 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

On BIG-IP versions 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3, and 11.6.x before 11.6.5.3, a malicious HTTP response to an Advanced WAF/BIG-IP ASM virtual server with Login Page configured in its policy may trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in a DoS attack. In certain situations, it may allow remote code execution (RCE), leading to complete system compromise. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22992?

It affects 14 products.

Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager and 8 more.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22992?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22992 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-22992 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22992 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4f8p-5r29-jr72.

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