CVE-2020-5879: On BIG-IP ASM 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, under certain configurations, the BIG-IP system sends data plane traffic to back-end servers unencrypted, even when a Server SSL…

PriorityP338high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN

EPSS

0.79%

52.2th percentile

On BIG-IP ASM 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, under certain configurations, the BIG-IP system sends data plane traffic to back-end servers unencrypted, even when a Server SSL profile is applied.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.6.1 – 11.6.5.1	—
f5	big-ip_asm	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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