PT-2020-16777
CVE-2020-27715
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Published
2020-12-24
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Updated
2020-12-28
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.8
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
F5 BIG-IP versions 14.1.0 through 14.1.3
F5 BIG-IP versions 15.1.0 through 15.1.0.5
Description
A crafted TLS request to the BIG-IP management interface via port 443 can cause high (~100%) CPU utilization by the httpd daemon.
Recommendations
For F5 BIG-IP versions 14.1.0 through 14.1.3, consider restricting access to the management interface to minimize the risk of exploitation.
For F5 BIG-IP versions 15.1.0 through 15.1.0.5, consider restricting access to the management interface to minimize the risk of exploitation.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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