CVE-2024-23982 BIG-IP PEM vulnerability
Attackers can cause a denial of service by sending undisclosed requests to a BIG-IP UDP virtual server with a specific PEM classification profile configured.
- 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-2024-23982?
CVE-2024-23982 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Policy Enforcement Manager, published on 14 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
When a BIG-IP PEM classification profile is configured on a UDP virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. This issue affects classification engines using signatures released between 09-08-2022 and 02-16-2023. See the table in the F5 Security Advisory for a complete list of affected classification signature files. NOTE: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23982?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Policy Enforcement Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2024-23982?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23982 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-2024-23982 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23982 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Policy Enforcement Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wrfg-qw24-93h8.