SB2020121737 - Denial of service in BIG-IP APM VDI plugin
Published: December 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020121737
Severity
Low
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 exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27722)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. Under certain conditions, the VDI plugin does not observe plugin flow-control protocol causing excessive resource consumption. A remote user can send socially crafted VDI traffic to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.