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CVE-2022-33203 (GCVE-0-2022-33203)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-04 17:46 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:38
VLAI
Title
BIG-IP APM and F5 SSL Orchestrator vulnerability CVE-2022-33203
Summary
In BIG-IP Versions 16.1.x before 16.1.3, 15.1.x before 15.1.6.1, and 14.1.x before 14.1.5, when a BIG-IP APM access policy with Service Connect agent is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
F5 BIG-IP APM Unaffected: 13.1.0 , < 13.1.x* (custom)
Affected: 14.1.x , < 14.1.5 (custom)
Affected: 15.1.x , < 15.1.6.1 (custom)
Affected: 16.1.x , < 16.1.3 (custom)
Unaffected: 17.0.0 , < 17.0.x* (custom)
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Date Public
2022-08-03 00:00
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