Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2021 · Assigned by f5

CVE-2021-23051

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity improper input validation in BIG-IP. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

On BIG-IP versions 15.1.0.4 through 15.1.3, when the Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)/Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) driver is used with BIG-IP on Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems, undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5862. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a BIG-IP 15.1.0.4-15.1.3

Weakness: CWE-20

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