Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-23032

High

Published: 14 September 2021

Published
14 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0089 76.0th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-23032 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Domain Name System. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 24.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

On version 16.x before 16.1.0, 15.1.x before 15.1.3.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.4, and all versions of 13.1.x and 12.1.x, when a BIG-IP DNS system is configured with non-default Wide IP and pool settings, undisclosed DNS responses can cause the Traffic Management…

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Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

f5
big-ip domain name system
12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.4 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.4.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

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