F5 BIG-IP SSL OCSP Authentication Profile Denial of Service Vulnerability

F5 BIG-IP is an application delivery platform from F5 that integrates network traffic orchestration, load balancing, intelligent DNS, remote access policy management, etc. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the F5 BIG-IP SSL OCSP authentication profile, when a virtual server is configured with an OCSP authentication profile, an undisclosed request could lead to an increase in CPU resource utilization and an un authenticated remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to cause service degradation, resulting in a denial of service on the BIG-IP system.