Vulnerability · Published May 5, 2022 · Assigned by f5

CVE-2022-28708

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation in BIG-IP from F5. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 42.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2 and 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, when a BIG-IP DNS resolver-enabled, HTTP-Explicit or SOCKS profile is configured on a virtual server, an undisclosed DNS response can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) process to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
F5	BIG-IP	16.1.x – before 16.1.2.215.1.x – before 15.1.5.1

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K85054496 x_refsource_MISC