SB2020121717 - DoS attack against FTP users in F5 BIG-IP products
Published: December 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020121717
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-2020-5949)
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 when processing network traffix. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input to a virtual server configured with an FTP profile and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.