SB2020060252 - Authentication bypass in NTP component in F5 BIG-IP 



SB2020060252 - Authentication bypass in NTP component in F5 BIG-IP

Published: June 2, 2020 Updated: December 25, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020060252
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Authentication Bypass by Spoofing (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11868)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to ntpd allows an off-path attacker to block unauthenticated synchronization via a server mode packet with a spoofed source IP address, because transmissions are rescheduled even when a packet lacks a valid origin timestamp.A remote attacker can bypass authentication and block synchronization.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.