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CVE-2020-27724 (GCVE-0-2020-27724)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-24 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:18
VLAI
Summary
In BIG-IP APM versions 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.4, 15.0.0-15.0.1.3, 14.1.0-14.1.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.2, on systems running more than one TMM instance, authenticated VPN users may consume excessive resources by sending specially-crafted malicious traffic over the tunnel.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • DoS
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a BIG-IP APM Affected: 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.4, 15.0.0-15.0.1.3, 14.1.0-14.1.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, 11.6.1-11.6.5.2
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