CVE-2020-27722 Denial of service in BIG-IP APM

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause excessive resource consumption in BIG-IP APM VDI plugin, leading to denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-27722?

CVE-2020-27722 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 24 Dec 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In BIG-IP APM versions 15.0.0-15.0.1.3, 14.1.0-14.1.3, and 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, under certain conditions, the VDI plugin does not observe plugin flow-control protocol causing excessive resource consumption.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27722?

It affects 1 product.

Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2020-27722?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-27722 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2020-27722 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27722 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h6fg-hfp3-3883.

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