F5 BIG-IP up to 15.0.1.3 Traffic Management Microkernel denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP up to 11.6.5.1/12.1.5/13.1.3.3/14.1.2.3/15.0.1.3 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Traffic Management Microkernel. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-5882. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP up to 11.6.5.1/12.1.5/13.1.3.3/14.1.2.3/15.0.1.3 (Firewall Software). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code of the component Traffic Management Microkernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

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, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, under certain conditions, the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) cryptography driver may produce a Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) core file.

The weakness was disclosed 04/30/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at support.f5.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-5882 since 01/06/2020. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/01/2020). This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• F5

Name

• BIG-IP

Version

• 11.6.5.0
• 11.6.5.1
• 12.1.0
• 12.1.1
• 12.1.2
• 12.1.3
• 12.1.4
• 12.1.5
• 13.1.3.0
• 13.1.3.1
• 13.1.3.2
• 13.1.3.3
• 14.1.2.0
• 14.1.2.1
• 14.1.2.2
• 14.1.2.3
• 15.0.1.0
• 15.0.1.1
• 15.0.1.2
• 15.0.1.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://f5.com/

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