CVE-2020-5933
HIGHF5 BIG-IP 11.6.1-15.1.0.5 DoS via HTTP Compression Profile
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K26244025
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0061
EPSS Percentile
70.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (11)
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager
11.6.1 - 11.6.5.2
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager
11.6.1 - 11.6.5.2
f5/big-ip_analytics
11.6.1 - 11.6.5.2
f5/big-ip_application_acceleration_manager
11.6.1 - 11.6.5.2
f5/big-ip_application_security_manager
11.6.1 - 11.6.5.2
f5/big-ip_domain_name_system
11.6.1 - 11.6.5.2
f5/big-ip_fraud_protection_service
11.6.1 - 11.6.5.2
f5/big-ip_global_traffic_manager
11.6.1 - 11.6.5.2
f5/big-ip_link_controller
11.6.1 - 11.6.5.2
f5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager
11.5.2 - 11.6.5.2
... and 1 more
Published
Oct 29, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026