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Vigil@nce - F5 BIG-IP ASM: denial of service via Proactive Bot Defense
January 2017 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can send a malformed HTTP query to Proactive Bot
Defense of F5 BIG-IP ASM, in order to trigger a denial of service.
– Impacted products: BIG-IP Hardware, TMOS.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Creation date: 10/11/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The F5 BIG-IP ASM product offers a Proactive Bot Defense service.
However, a special HTTP header generates a fatal error via
Proactive Bot Defense.
An attacker can therefore send a malformed HTTP query to Proactive
Bot Defense of F5 BIG-IP ASM, in order to trigger a denial of
service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/F5-BIG-IP-ASM-denial-of-service-via-Proactive-Bot-Defense-21089
