CVE-2017-6159

N/A
Published: October 27, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC
18 products affected across 2 vendorsBig IP Access Policy ManagerBig IP Application Security ManagerBig IP Advanced Firewall Manager

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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.

Remediation

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References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101633
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039669
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10002335

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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