CVE-2020-5856 — Improper Input Validation in F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
12
F5 Big-ip Access Policy ManagerF5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall ManagerF5 Big-ip Analytics+9 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 6
Latest updateMay 24

Description

On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1.1 and 14.1.0-14.1.2.2, while processing specifically crafted traffic using the default 'xnet' driver, Virtual Edition instances hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS) may experience a TMM restart.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages12 packages

▶NVDf5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager14.1.0 — 14.1.2.3+1
▶NVDf5/big-ip_global_traffic_manager14.1.0 — 14.1.2.3+1
▶NVDf5/big-ip_analytics14.1.0 — 14.1.2.3+1
▶NVDf5/big-ip_link_controller14.1.0 — 14.1.2.3+1
▶NVDf5/big-ip_domain_name_system14.1.0 — 14.1.2.3+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-3mw4-4mfr-235g: On BIG-IP 15↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-5856: On BIG-IP 15↗2020-02-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2020-5856: On BIG-IP 15↗2020-02-06
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