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CVE-2017-6159

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
27/10/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe software version 12.0.0 to 12.1.2, 11.6.0 to 11.6.1 are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when the MPTCP option is enabled on a virtual server. Data plane is vulnerable when using the MPTCP option of a TCP profile. There is no control plane exposure. An attacker may be able to disrupt services by causing TMM to restart hence temporarily failing to process traffic.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.90 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.90
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:12.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:12.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:11.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:11.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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