CVE-2023-23552 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

On versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.2, 16.1.x before 16.1.3.3, 15.1.0 before 15.1.8, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3, and all versions of 13.1.x, when a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM security policy 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.44955.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
F5	Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall Big-ip Application Security Manager

Configuration 1 [-]

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No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K17542533

History

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: f5

Published: 2023-02-01T17:56:47.576Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T19:23:00.904Z

Reserved: 2023-01-13T06:43:37.181Z

Link: CVE-2023-23552

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:35:32.997Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-01T18:15:11.900

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:46:24.367

Link: CVE-2023-23552

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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