PT-2020-18770 · F5 · Big-Iq

Published 2020-04-24 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-5869

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.1

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BIG-IQ versions 5.2.0 through 7.0.0

Description The issue concerns the lack of secure high availability (HA) synchronization by TLS, potentially allowing on-path attackers to read or modify confidential data in transit.

Recommendations For BIG-IQ versions 5.2.0 through 7.0.0, consider implementing TLS encryption for HA synchronization to secure data in transit. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-924

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-5869

Affected Products

Big-Iq

References · 4

• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K28855111 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5869 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5869 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/3198 · Telegram Post