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F5 Networks: K00103216 (CVE-2020-5921): BIG-IP VIPRION MCPD vulnerability CVE-2020-5921

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F5 Networks: K00103216 (CVE-2020-5921): BIG-IP VIPRION MCPD vulnerability CVE-2020-5921

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/25/2020
Created
08/28/2020
Added
08/26/2020
Modified
12/08/2020

Description

in BIG-IP versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.4, 15.0.0-15.0.1.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.6, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.2, Syn flood causes large number of MCPD context messages destined to secondary blades consuming memory leading to MCPD failure. This issue affects only VIPRION hosts with two or more blades installed. Single-blade VIPRION hosts are not affected.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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