CVE-2020-5930 Denial of service in BIG-IP, BIG-IQ

High 7.5 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can disrupt service on F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ devices via undisclosed methods.

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-2020-5930?

CVE-2020-5930 is a high-severity denial of service 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 BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.1.0.4, 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.2 and BIG-IQ 5.2.0-7.1.0, unauthenticated attackers can cause disruption of service via undisclosed methods.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5930?

It affects 14 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 8 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5930?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5930 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-2020-5930 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5930 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c4hj-3xv9-xxxq.

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