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CVE-2021-22976

On BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and all 12.1.x versions, w…

Impact

On BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and all 12.1.x versions, when the BIG-IP ASM system processes WebSocket requests with JSON payloads, an unusually large number of parameters can cause excessive CPU usage in the BIG-IP ASM bd process. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
F5Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall
from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.6
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.3.1
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.2
from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1.1
F5Big-Ip Application Security Manager
from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.6
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.3.1
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.2
from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1.1

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