Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP APM



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-5919
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 BIG-IP APM
Hardware solutions / Security hardware applicances

Vendor F5 Networks

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU46072

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5919

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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 in access profile. A remote authenticated attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

BIG-IP APM: 15.1.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K94563369


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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