CVE-2020-5936 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

On BIG-IP LTM 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, and 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) process may consume excessive resources when processing SSL traffic and client authentication are enabled on the client SSL profile.

Published: 2020-10-29

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

BIG-IP LTM

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-27090	On BIG-IP LTM 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, and 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) process may consume excessive resources when processing SSL traffic and client authentication are enabled on the client SSL profile.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0109.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K44020030

History

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Subscriptions

F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: f5

Published: 2020-10-29T15:21:47.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:47:40.960Z

Reserved: 2020-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-5936

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-29T16:15:15.743

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:22:29.267

Link: CVE-2020-5936

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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