CVE-2020-5946

published 2020-11-05

CVE-2020-5946: In BIG-IP Advanced WAF and FPS versions 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, and 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, under some circumstances, certain format client-side alerts sent…

Priority P3 37 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 Advanced WAF and FPS versions 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, and 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, under some circumstances, certain format client-side alerts sent to the BIG-IP virtual server configured with DataSafe may cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart, resulting in a Denial-of-Service (DoS).

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
f5	big-ip_advanced_waf	—	—
f5	big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall	< 15.1.1	15.1.1
f5	big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall	>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.2.8	14.1.2.8
f5	big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall	>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1	16.0.1
f5	big-ip_fps	—	—
f5	big-ip_fraud_protection_service	>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.2.8	14.1.2.8
f5	big-ip_fraud_protection_service	>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.1	15.1.1
f5	big-ip_fraud_protection_service	>= 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 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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