CVE-2021-22985
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-02-12 17:48
Modified
2024-08-03 18:58
Severity ?
Summary
On BIG-IP APM version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, under certain conditions, when processing VPN traffic with APM, TMM consumes excessive memory. A malicious, authenticated VPN user may abuse this to perform a DoS attack against the APM. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.
References
f5sirt@f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K88162221Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K88162221Vendor Advisory
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