#VU49083 Resource exhaustion in BIG-IP APM - CVE-2020-27722
Published: December 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49083
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27722
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
BIG-IP APM
BIG-IP APM
Software vendor:
F5 Networks
F5 Networks
Description
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 updates from vendor's website.