CVE-2020-5942

High

Description

In BIG-IP PEM versions 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.2, when processing Capabilities-Exchange-Answer (CEA) packets with certain attributes from the Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) server, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may generate a core file and restart.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductF5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager
PublishedNov 5, 2020
First seenNov 5, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • f5 big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager14.1.2.8, 15.1.1, 16.0.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
f5 big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.6.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.5.2, 12.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.5.2, 13.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.3.4, 14.1.0 ≤ v < 14.1.2.8, 15.1.0 ≤ v < 15.1.1, 16.0.0 ≤ v < 16.0.114.1.2.8, 15.1.1, 16.0.1

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