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F5 Networks: K26244025: BIG-IP HTTP compression profile vulnerability CVE-2020-5933

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F5 Networks: K26244025: BIG-IP HTTP compression profile vulnerability CVE-2020-5933

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/28/2020
Created
10/29/2020
Added
10/28/2020
Modified
12/06/2023

Description

On versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, when a BIG-IP system that has a virtual server configured with an HTTP compression profile processes compressed HTTP message payloads that require deflation, a Slowloris-style attack can trigger an out-of-memory condition on the BIG-IP system.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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