CVE-2020-5929 Information disclosure in BIG-IP

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

Attackers can recover plaintext messages from SSL/TLS sessions on BIG-IP devices using specific hardware and configuration settings via an oracle attack.

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-2020-5929?

CVE-2020-5929 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 25 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In versions 13.0.0-13.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0-12.1.2 HF1, and 11.6.1-11.6.2, BIG-IP platforms with Cavium Nitrox SSL hardware acceleration cards, a Virtual Server configured with a Client SSL profile, and using Anonymous (ADH) or Ephemeral (DHE) Diffie-Hellman key exchange and Single DH use option not enabled in the options list may be vulnerable to crafted SSL/TLS Handshakes that may result with a PMS (Pre-Master Secret) that starts in a 0 byte and may lead to a recovery of plaintext messages as BIG-IP TLS/SSL ADH/DHE sends different error messages acting as an oracle. Similar error messages when PMS starts with 0 byte coupled with very precise timing measurement observation may also expose this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-203

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5929?

It affects 14 products.

Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager and 8 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5929?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5929 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-5929 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5929 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rx66-wgx3-2ccf.

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