CVE-2020-5876 Race condition in BIG-IP

High 8.1 Published Updated

A race condition in F5 BIG-IP allows unencrypted connection attempts to configuration sync peers, potentially exposing sensitive data.

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

What is CVE-2020-5876?

CVE-2020-5876 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 30 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, a race condition exists where mcpd and other processes may make unencrypted connection attempts to a new configuration sync peer. The race condition can occur when changing the ConfigSync IP address of a peer, adding a new peer, or when the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) first starts up.

Weakness: CWE-362, CWE-319

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5876?

It affects 11 products.

Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager, F5 Big-Ip Domain Name System and 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5876?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5876 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-5876 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5876 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4rcp-9qg3-q6jp.

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