CVE-2017-6140

N/A
Published: December 21, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC
26 products affected across 2 vendorsBig IP Application Security ManagerBig IP Advanced Firewall ManagerBig IP Local Traffic Manager

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

On the BIG-IP 2000s, 2200s, 4000s, 4200v, i5600, i5800, i7600, i7800, i10600,i10800, and VIPRION 4450 blades, running version 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1 or 12.1.2 of BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, ASM, DNS, GTM or PEM, an undisclosed sequence of packets sent to Virtual Servers with client or server SSL profiles may cause disruption of data plane services.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

f5-big-ip-2000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-2200s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4200v (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7800 (environment) · f5-viprion-4450-blades (environment)
f5-big-ip-2000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-2200s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4200v (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7800 (environment) · f5-viprion-4450-blades (environment)
f5-big-ip-2000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-2200s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4200v (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7800 (environment) · f5-viprion-4450-blades (environment)
f5-big-ip-2000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-2200s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4200v (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7800 (environment) · f5-viprion-4450-blades (environment)
f5-big-ip-2000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-2200s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4200v (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7800 (environment) · f5-viprion-4450-blades (environment)
f5-big-ip-2000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-2200s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4200v (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7800 (environment) · f5-viprion-4450-blades (environment)
f5-big-ip-2000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-2200s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4200v (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7800 (environment) · f5-viprion-4450-blades (environment)
f5-big-ip-2000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-2200s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4000s (environment) · f5-big-ip-4200v (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i10800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i5800 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7600 (environment) · f5-big-ip-i7800 (environment) · f5-viprion-4450-blades (environment)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040042
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55102452

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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