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CVE-2020-5852

7.5 · HIGH

Undisclosed traffic patterns received may cause a disruption of service to the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM).

Published Jan 14, 2020EPSS 1.20%

Overview

CVE-2020-5852 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on January 14, 2020 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical 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

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refsupport.f5.com/csp/article/K53590702Refsupport.f5.com/csp/article/K53590702

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5852?

CVE-2020-5852 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on January 14, 2020 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2020-5852?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2020-5852?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2020-5852?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2020-5852 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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