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VPR Score: 3.6
Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
Description
With pipelining enabled each incoming query on a TCP connection requires a similar resource allocation to a query received via UDP or via TCP without pipelining enabled. A client using a TCP-pipelined connection to a server could consume more resources than the server has been provisioned to handle. When a TCP connection with a large number of pipelined queries is closed, the load on the server releasing these multiple resources can cause it to become unresponsive, even for queries that can be answered authoritatively or from cache. (This is most likely to be perceived as an intermittent server problem). (CVE-2019-6477)
Impact
An attacker may be able to use TCP-pipelined queries to increase the load on the system, causing it to become unresponsive.
Solution
Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K15840535.