CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-40542
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2023-10-10
- 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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770
Description
When TCP Verified Accept is enabled on a TCP profile that is configured on a Virtual Server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
Affected configurations
• f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
• f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
• f5 big-ip analytics (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip analytics (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip analytics (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip analytics (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
• f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
• f5 big-ip application visibility and reporting (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip application visibility and reporting (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip application visibility and reporting (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip application visibility and reporting (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
• f5 big-ip carrier-grade nat (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip carrier-grade nat (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip carrier-grade nat (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip carrier-grade nat (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
• f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
• f5 big-ip domain name system (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip domain name system (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip domain name system (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip domain name system (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
• f5 big-ip edge gateway (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip edge gateway (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip edge gateway (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip edge gateway (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
• f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
• f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
• f5 big-ip link controller (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip link controller (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip link controller (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip link controller (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
• f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 13.1.0 <= 13.1.5)
• f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 14.1.0 <= 14.1.5)
• f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.9)
• f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.4)
… and 16 more
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness
References
- https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000134652 Vendor Advisory
- https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000134652 Vendor Advisory