CVE-2020-5946

In BIG-IP Advanced WAF and FPS versions 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, and 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, under some circumstances, certain format client-side alerts sent to the BIG-IP virtual server configured with DataSafe may cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart, resulting in a Denial-of-Service (DoS).

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K53821711	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-11-05 20:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41

NVD link : CVE-2020-5946

Mitre link : CVE-2020-5946

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-5946

JSON object : View

Products Affected

f5

big-ip_fraud_protection_service
big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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