CVE-2020-5852

Description

Undisclosed traffic patterns received may cause a disruption of service to the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM). This vulnerability affects TMM through a virtual server configured with a FastL4 profile. Traffic processing is disrupted while TMM restarts. This issue only impacts specific engineering hotfixes. NOTE: This vulnerability does not affect any of the BIG-IP major, minor or maintenance releases you obtained from downloads.f5.com. The affected Engineering Hotfix builds are as follows: Hotfix-BIGIP-14.1.2.1.0.83.4-ENG Hotfix-BIGIP-12.1.4.1.0.97.6-ENG Hotfix-BIGIP-11.5.4.2.74.291-HF2

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.90% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory f5.com

Affected: F5 BIG-IP

References

Link	Tags
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K53590702	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-5852?: CVE-2020-5852 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-5852?: To fix CVE-2020-5852, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-5852 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-5852 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2020-5852?: CVE-2020-5852 affects F5 BIG-IP.

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