CVE-2020-5936 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 34.21%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
F5 Big-ip Local Traffic ManagerF5 Big-ip LTM
Timeline
PublishedOct 29
Latest updateMay 24

Description

On BIG-IP LTM 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, and 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) process may consume excessive resources when processing SSL traffic and client authentication are enabled on the client SSL 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 Packages2 packages

▶NVDf5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager12.1.0 — 12.1.5.2+3
▶CVEListV5f5/big-ip_ltm15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-ch68-7rvg-72gm: On BIG-IP LTM 15↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-5936: On BIG-IP LTM 15↗2020-10-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2020-5936: On BIG-IP LTM 15↗2020-10-29
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