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FKIE_CVE-2021-22985

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-02-12 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:38

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

	URL	Tags
	f5sirt@f5.com	https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K88162221	Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K88162221	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	*
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	*
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	*
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	*
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	*
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	*

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CVE-2021-22985 (GCVE-0-2021-22985)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-12 17:48 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:58

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

f5 mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K88162221	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	BIG-IP APM	Affected: 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1

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