CVE-2020-5883 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
10
F5 Big-ip Access Policy ManagerF5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall ManagerF5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager+7 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 30
Latest updateMay 24

Description

On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 14.0.0-14.0.1, and 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, when a virtual server is configured with HTTP explicit proxy and has an attached HTTP_PROXY_REQUEST iRule, POST requests sent to the virtual server cause an xdata memory leak.

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 Packages11 packages

▶NVDf5/big-ip_edge_gateway13.1.0 — 13.1.3.1+3
▶NVDf5/big-ip_webaccelerator13.1.0 — 13.1.3.1+3
▶NVDf5/big-ip_link_controller13.1.0 — 13.1.3.1+3
▶NVDf5/big-ip_access_policy_manager13.1.0 — 13.1.3.1+3
▶NVDf5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager13.1.0 — 13.1.3.1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-ff3g-xwxx-9mv3: On BIG-IP 15↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-5883: On BIG-IP 15↗2020-04-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2020-5883: On BIG-IP 15↗2020-04-30
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CVE-2020-5883 — F5 vulnerability | cvebase