CVE-2023-40542 (GCVE-0-2023-40542)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-10 12:33 – Updated: 2025-09-18 19:50
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Title
BIG-IP TCP Profile vulnerability
Summary
When TCP Verified Accept is enabled on a TCP profile that 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-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
f5
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
F5 BIG-IP Unaffected: 17.1.0 , < * (semver)
Affected: 16.1.0 , < 16.1.4 (semver)
Affected: 15.1.0 , < 15.1.9 (semver)
Affected: 14.1.0 , < * (semver)
Affected: 13.1.0 , < * (semver)
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