Resource exhaustion in F5 Big-Ip Local Traffic Manager

CVE-2020-5936

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.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.4th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-5936: held from 0.011 to 0.011.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5936?
CVE-2020-5936 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Local Traffic Manager, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2020-5936?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.