SB2020121733 - Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP APM PingAccess
Published: December 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020121733
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27723)
CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the BIG-IP APM virtual server when processing PingAccess requests. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic to The system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.