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CVE-2024-21849 (GCVE-0-2024-21849)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-14 16:30 – Updated: 2024-08-01 22:27
VLAI
Title
BIG-IP Websockets vulnerability
Summary
When an Advanced WAF/ASM security policy and a Websockets profile are configured on a virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) process to terminate.  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
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-02-14 19:23 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-466 - Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
F5 BIG-IP Unaffected: 17.1.0 , < * (custom)
Affected: 16.1.0 , < 16.1.4 (custom)
Unaffected: 15.1.0 , < * (semver)
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Date Public
2024-02-14 15:00
Credits
F5
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