Medium [CVE-2021-23053] BIG-IP: On version 15.1.x before 15.1.3, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, and 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6
This medium-severity F5 advisory covers CVE-2021-23053; related products: BIG-IP, Advanced WAF, ASM.
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Summary
On version 15.1.x before 15.1.3, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, and 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, when the brute force protection feature of BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM is enabled on a virtual server and the virtual server is under brute force attack, the MySQL database may run out of disk space due to lack of row limit on undisclosed tables in the MYSQL database.
Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
- 15.1.x
- 14.1.x
- 13.1.x
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 months ago·verify at source
- 15.1.3
- 14.1.3.1
- 13.1.3.6
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 15.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 13.1.3.6. That is the remediation for this advisory.
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Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 months ago·verify at source
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