Input validation error in BIG-IP PEM - CVE-2020-5942
Published: November 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU48144
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5942
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 Capabilities-Exchange-Answer (CEA) packets with certain attributes from the Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) server. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
BIG-IP PEM
How to mitigate CVE-2020-5942
Install updates from vendor's website.
BIG-IP PEM - addressed in versions 14.1.2.8, 15.1.1, 16.0.1