CVE-2024-21789 (GCVE-0-2024-21789)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-14 16:30 – Updated: 2025-04-24 15:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
BIG-IP ASM and Advanced WAF vulnerability
Summary
When a BIG-IP ASM/Advanced WAF security policy 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)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-02-15 16:27 UTC
CWE
- CWE-772 - Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000137270 | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F5 | BIG-IP |
Affected:
17.1.0 , < 17.1.1
(custom)
Unaffected: 16.1.0 , < * (custom) Unaffected: 15.1.0 , < * (custom) |
guessed | |
| f5 | big-ip |
Affected:
17.1.0 , < 17.1.1
(custom)
Affected: 16.1.0 , ≤ * (custom) Affected: 15.1.0 , ≤ * (custom) cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2024-02-14 15:00
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