CVE-2020-5879 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Info in F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive InfoCWE-311 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 51.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
F5 Big-ip Application Security ManagerF5 Big-ip ASM
Timeline
PublishedApr 30
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5f5/big-ip_asm11.6.1-11.6.5.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pfmx-9fq2-4rc6: On BIG-IP ASM 11↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-5879: On BIG-IP ASM 11↗2020-04-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2020-5879: On BIG-IP ASM 11↗2020-04-30
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CVE-2020-5879 — F5 vulnerability | cvebase