SB2025022540 - Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP tcpdump
Published: February 25, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025022540
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
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) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8037)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.