SB2020020605 - Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP TMM AWS
Published: February 6, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020020605
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5856)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input while processing specifically crafted traffic using the default "xnet" driver. A remote attacker can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) process to restart and perform a denial-of-service attack on the BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) system hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.