CVE-2021-23044

Severity

75%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

60%

On BIG-IP version 16.x before 16.1.0, 15.1.x before 15.1.3.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.2, 13.1.x before 13.1.4.1, and all versions of 12.1.x and 11.6.x, when the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) compression driver is used on affected BIG-IP hardware and BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) platforms, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

F5

First reported 3 years ago

2021-09-14 16:15:00

Last updated 3 years ago

2021-09-27 13:33:00

Affected Software

F5 Big-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

F5 Big-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)

F5 Big-IP Analytics

F5 Big-IP Application Acceleration Manager (AAM)

F5 Big-IP Application Security Manager (ASM)

F5 Big-IP Domain Name System (DNS)

F5 Big-IP Fraud Protection Service (FPS)

F5 Big-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM)

F5 Big-IP Link Controller

F5 Networks Big-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)

F5 Big-IP Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM)

References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K35408374

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K35408374

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