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CVE-2024-21771

F5 AFM Signature Matching Vulnerability

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 17.1.1, 16.1.4, 15.1.9
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

For unspecified traffic patterns, BIG-IP AFM IPS engine may spend an excessive amount of time matching the traffic against signatures, resulting in Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) restarting and traffic disruption.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • F5 BIG-IP

    From 17.1.0 · fixed in 17.1.1; From 16.1.0 · fixed in 16.1.4; From 15.1.0 · fixed in 15.1.9

References 1

my.f5.com