IPv6 Packet Processing Issue in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Systems
CVE-2022-29479

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
F5
Status
Big-ip
Big-iq Centralized Management
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 May 2022

Summary

F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems may experience performance degradation when an IPv6 self IP address is configured along with the ipv6.strictcompliance database key enabled. This affects certain versions of BIG-IP and all versions of BIG-IQ Centralized Management. While this setting is disabled by default, enabling it can lead to undisclosed packets impacting system performance.

Affected Version(s)

BIG-IP 12.1.x

BIG-IP 11.6.x

BIG-IP 15.1.x < 15.1.5.1

References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K64124988
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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