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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2022.0284
K26310765: HTTP/2 profile vulnerability CVE-2022-23012
21 January 2022
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: BIG-IP
Publisher: F5 Networks
Operating System: Network Appliance
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2022-23012
Original Bulletin:
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K26310765
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K26310765: HTTP/2 profile vulnerability CVE-2022-23012
Original Publication Date: 19 Jan, 2022
Security Advisory Description
When the HTTP/2 profile is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests
can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. (
CVE-2022-23012)
Impact
Traffic is disrupted while the TMM process restarts. This vulnerability allows
a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) on the
BIG-IP system. There is no control plane exposure; this is a data plane issue
only.
Security Advisory Status
F5 Product Development has assigned ID 910517 (BIG-IP) to this vulnerability.
This issue has been classified as CWE-415: Double Free (4.6).
To determine if your product and version have been evaluated for this
vulnerability, refer to the Applies to (see versions) box. To determine if your
release is known to be vulnerable, the components or features that are affected
by the vulnerability, and for information about releases, point releases, or
hotfixes that address the vulnerability, refer to the following table. For more
information about security advisory versioning, refer to K51812227:
Understanding security advisory versioning.
Note: After a fix is introduced for a given minor branch, that fix applies to
all subsequent maintenance and point releases for that branch, and no
additional fixes for that branch will be listed in the table. For example, when
a fix is introduced in 14.1.2.3, the fix also applies to 14.1.2.4, and all
later 14.1.x releases (14.1.3.x., 14.1.4.x). For more information, refer to
K51812227: Understanding security advisory versioning. Additionally, software
versions preceding those listed in the following table have reached the End of
Technical Support (EoTS) phase of their lifecycle and are no longer evaluated
for security issues. For more information, refer to the Security hotfixes
section of K4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy.
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
| | |Versions known|Fixes | |CVSSv3|Vulnerable |
|Product |Branch|to be |introduced|Severity |score^|component or |
| | |vulnerable^1 |in | |2 |feature |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
| |16.x |None |16.0.0 | | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |15.x |15.1.0 - |15.1.4.1 | | | |
| | |15.1.4 | | | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |14.x |14.1.0 - |14.1.4.5 | | | |
| | |14.1.4 | | | | |
|BIG-IP (all +------+--------------+----------+High |7.5 |HTTP/2 |
|modules) |13.x |None |Not | | |profile |
| | | |applicable| | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |12.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |11.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
| |8.x |None |Not | | | |
|BIG-IQ | | |applicable|Not | | |
|Centralized +------+--------------+----------+vulnerable|None |None |
|Management |7.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
|F5OS-A |1.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
|F5OS-C |1.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
|Traffix SDC |5.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
^1F5 only evaluates software versions that have not yet reached the End of
Technical Support (EoTS) phase of their lifecycle.
^2The CVSSv3 score link takes you to a resource outside of AskF5, and it is
possible that the document may be removed without our knowledge.
Recommended Actions
If you are running a version listed in the Versions known to be vulnerable
column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by installing a version listed in
the Fixes introduced in column. If the Fixes introduced in column does not list
a version for your branch, then no update candidate currently exists for that
branch and F5 recommends upgrading to a version with the fix (refer to the
table).
If the Fixes introduced in column lists a version prior to the one you are
running, in the same branch, then your version should have the fix.
Mitigation
F5 recommends you configure the BIG-IP systems with high availability (HA) to
lessen the impact of the vulnerability.
o Configure systems with HA clustering. For more information, refer to
K02234544: Manually setting up device service clustering.
o Configure the HA table to take specific actions. For more information,
refer to K9231: Overview of BIG-IP daemon heartbeat failsafe.
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered internally by F5.
Supplemental Information
o K41942608: Overview of security advisory articles
o K4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy
o K4918: Overview of the F5 critical issue hotfix policy
o K8986: F5 software lifecycle policy
o K9502: BIG-IP hotfix and point release matrix
o K13123: Managing BIG-IP product hotfixes (11.x - 16.x)
o K48955220: Installing an OPSWAT Endpoint Security update on BIG-IP APM
systems (11.4.x and later)
o K167: Downloading software and firmware from F5
o K9970: Subscribing to email notifications regarding F5 products
o K9957: Creating a custom RSS feed to view new and updated documents
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