SB2020043024 - Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP APM
Published: April 30, 2020 Updated: April 30, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020043024
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5874)
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 the BIG-IP APM virtual server. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request, cause the Traffic Management Microkernel(TMM) process to restart and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.