SB2020121729 - Denial of service in BIG-IP AFM
Published: December 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020121729
Severity
Medium
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) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27714)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources. The BIG-IP AFM, when a Protocol Inspection Profile is attached to a FastL4 virtual server with the protocol field configured to either Other or All Protocols, the TMM may experience a restart if the profile processes non-TCP traffic.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.