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CVE-2017-6166 In BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe software 12.0.0 to 12.1.1, in some cases the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may crash when processing fragmen...

MediumCVSS 5.9 EPSS 1.9%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

In BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe software 12.0.0 to 12.1.1, in some cases the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may crash when processing fragmented packets. This vulnerability affects TMM through a virtual server configured with a FastL4 profile. Traffic processing is disrupted while TMM restarts. If the affected BIG-IP system is configured as part of a device group, it will trigger a failover to the peer device.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
f5 big-ip afm >= 12.0.0, <= 12.1.1 No fix listed
f5 big-ip analytics >= 12.0.0, <= 12.1.1 No fix listed
f5 big-ip apm >= 12.0.0, <= 12.1.1 No fix listed
f5 big-ip application acceleration manager >= 12.0.0, <= 12.1.1 No fix listed
f5 big-ip asm >= 12.0.0, <= 12.1.1 No fix listed
f5 big-ip dns >= 12.0.0, <= 12.1.1 No fix listed
f5 big-ip link controller >= 12.0.0, <= 12.1.1 No fix listed
f5 big-ip ltm >= 12.0.0, <= 12.1.1 No fix listed
f5 big-ip pem >= 12.0.0, <= 12.1.1 No fix listed
f5 websafe >= 12.0.0, <= 12.1.1 No fix listed
f5 linerate >= 2.5.0, <= 2.6.2 No fix listed
f5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe = 12.0.0, 12.1.1 No fix listed

References

  • 102264 third-party-advisory vdb-entry
  • 1039949 third-party-advisory vdb-entry
  • support.f5.com issue-tracking mitigation vendor-advisory