CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-23000

7.5 HIGH Published 2021-03-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-03-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

On BIG-IP versions 13.1.3.4-13.1.3.6 and 12.1.5.2, if the tmm.http.rfc.enforcement BigDB key is enabled in a BIG-IP system, or the Bad host header value is checked in the AFM HTTP security profile associated with a virtual server, in rare instances, a specific sequence of malicious requests may cause TMM to restart. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

Affected configurations

• f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 13.1.3.4 < 13.1.3.6) • f5 big-ip access policy manager 12.1.5.2 • f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 13.1.3.4 < 13.1.3.6) • f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager 12.1.5.2 • f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall (>= 13.1.3.4 < 13.1.3.6) • f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall 12.1.5.2 • f5 big-ip analytics (>= 13.1.3.4 < 13.1.3.6) • f5 big-ip analytics 12.1.5.2 • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 13.1.3.4 < 13.1.3.6) • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager 12.1.5.2 • f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 13.1.3.4 < 13.1.3.6) • f5 big-ip application security manager 12.1.5.2 • f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender (>= 13.1.3.4 < 13.1.3.6) • f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender 12.1.5.2 • f5 big-ip domain name system (>= 13.1.3.4 < 13.1.3.6) • f5 big-ip domain name system 12.1.5.2 • f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 13.1.3.4 < 13.1.3.6) • f5 big-ip fraud protection service 12.1.5.2 • f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 13.1.3.4 < 13.1.3.6) • f5 big-ip global traffic manager 12.1.5.2 • f5 big-ip link controller (>= 13.1.3.4 < 13.1.3.6) • f5 big-ip link controller 12.1.5.2 • f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 13.1.3.4 < 13.1.3.6) • f5 big-ip local traffic manager 12.1.5.2 • f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager (>= 13.1.3.4 < 13.1.3.6) • f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager 12.1.5.2 • f5 ssl orchestrator (>= 13.1.3.4 < 13.1.3.6) • f5 ssl orchestrator 12.1.5.2

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