High severity · published Mar 27, 2020
CVE-2020-5862
On BIG-IP 15.1.0-15.1.0.1, 15.0.0-15.0.1.1, and 14.1.0-14.1.2.2, under certain conditions, TMM may crash or stop processing new traffic with the DPDK/ENA driver on AWS systems…
7.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
On BIG-IP 15.1.0-15.1.0.1, 15.0.0-15.0.1.1, and 14.1.0-14.1.2.2, under certain conditions, TMM may crash or stop processing new traffic with the DPDK/ENA driver on AWS systems while sending traffic. This issue does not affect any other platforms, hardware or virtual, or any other cloud provider since the affected driver is specific to AWS.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
Big-ip Access Policy Manager · F5
14.1.0 through 14.1.2.2; 15.0.0 through 15.0.1.1; 15.1.0 through 15.1.0.1 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager · F5
14.1.0 through 14.1.2; 15.0.0 through 15.0.1.1; 15.1.0 through 15.1.0.1 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Analytics · F5
14.1.0 through 14.1.2; 15.0.0 through 15.0.1.1; 15.1.0 through 15.1.0.1 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager · F5
14.1.0 through 14.1.2; 15.0.0 through 15.0.1.1; 15.1.0 through 15.1.0.1 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Security Manager · F5
14.1.0 through 14.1.2; 15.0.0 through 15.0.1.1; 15.1.0 through 15.1.0.1 · source: NVD
BD
Big-ip Domain Name System · F5
14.1.0 through 14.1.2; 15.0.0 through 15.0.1.1; 15.1.0 through 15.1.0.1 · source: NVD
BF
Big-ip Fraud Protection Service · F5
14.1.0 through 14.1.2; 15.0.0 through 15.0.1.1; 15.1.0 through 15.1.0.1 · source: NVD
BG
Big-ip Global Traffic Manager · F5
14.1.0 through 14.1.2; 15.0.0 through 15.0.1.1; 15.1.0 through 15.1.0.1 · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Link Controller · F5
14.1.0 through 14.1.2; 15.0.0 through 15.0.1.1; 15.1.0 through 15.1.0.1 · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Local Traffic Manager · F5
14.1.0 through 14.1.2; 15.0.0 through 15.0.1.1; 15.1.0 through 15.1.0.1 · source: NVD
BP
Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager · F5
14.1.0 through 14.1.2; 15.0.0 through 15.0.1.1; 15.1.0 through 15.1.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5862
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5862
Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K01054113
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