CVE-2020-5942

published 2020-11-05

CVE-2020-5942: In BIG-IP PEM versions 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.2, when processing…

Priority P3 40 high 7.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C N I N A H

In BIG-IP PEM versions 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.2, when processing Capabilities-Exchange-Answer (CEA) packets with certain attributes from the Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) server, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may generate a core file and restart.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
f5	big-ip_pem	—	—
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	11.6.1 – 11.6.5.2	—
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	12.1.0 – 12.1.5.2	—
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	13.1.0 – 13.1.3.4	—
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.2.8	14.1.2.8
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.1	15.1.1
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1	16.0.1

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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