CVE-2020-5856 (GCVE-0-2020-5856)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-06 15:32 – Updated: 2024-08-04 08:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1.1 and 14.1.0-14.1.2.2, while processing specifically crafted traffic using the default 'xnet' driver, Virtual Edition instances hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS) may experience a TMM restart.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- DoS
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K00025388 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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