CVE-2020-5919 Denial of service in BIG-IP APM
Attackers can cause a denial of service in BIG-IP APM by triggering TMM failure via specific session variables in Modern customized access profiles.
- 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-2020-5919?
CVE-2020-5919 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 26 Aug 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.4, rendering of certain session variables by BIG-IP APM UI-based agents in an access profile configured with Modern customization, may cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to stop responding.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5919?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2020-5919?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5919 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-2020-5919 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5919 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
- CVE-2023-46747 F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication
- CVE-2021-22986 F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-22991 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c66g-5x8m-4p5q.