Race Condition Vulnerability in BIG-IP Configuration Sync Process

Race Condition Vulnerability in BIG-IP Configuration Sync Process

CVE-2020-5876 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, a race condition exists where mcpd and other processes may make unencrypted connection attempts to a new configuration sync peer. The race condition can occur when changing the ConfigSync IP address of a peer, adding a new peer, or when the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) first starts up.

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