CVE-2020-5918 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
11
F5 Big-ip Access Policy ManagerF5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall ManagerF5 Big-ip Analytics+8 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 26
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In BIG-IP versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.4, 15.0.0-15.0.1.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may stop responding when processing Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) traffic when traffic volume is high. This vulnerability affects TMM by way of a virtual server configured with an SCTP profile.

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_manager11.6.1 — 11.6.5.2+5
▶NVDf5/big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.6.1 — 11.6.5.2+5
▶NVDf5/big-ip_link_controller11.6.1 — 11.6.5.2+5
▶NVDf5/big-ip_analytics11.6.1 — 11.6.5.2+5
▶NVDf5/big-ip_domain_name_system11.6.1 — 11.6.5.2+5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-qwpm-ppc7-2rrr: In BIG-IP versions 15↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-5918: In BIG-IP versions 15↗2020-08-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2020-5918: In BIG-IP versions 15↗2020-08-26
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