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CVE-2017-6161

N/A

Published: October 27, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC

22 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 1.0%

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator software version 12.0.0 - 12.1.2, 11.6.0 - 11.6.1, 11.4.0 - 11.5.4, 11.2.1, when ConfigSync is configured, attackers on adjacent networks may be able to bypass the TLS protections usually used to encrypted and authenticate connections to mcpd. This vulnerability may allow remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack via resource exhaustion.

Affected

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

Big IP Access Policy Manager · F5

95%

11.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.2.1 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Advanced Firewall Manager · F5

95%

11.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.2.1 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Application Acceleration Manager · F5

95%

11.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.2.1 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Application Security Manager · F5

95%

11.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.2.1 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Domain Name System · F5

95%

11.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.2.1 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Edge Gateway · F5

95%

11.2.1 11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.5.5 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Global Traffic Manager · F5

95%

11.2.1 11.4.0 11.4.1 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 12.1.2

Big IP Link Controller · F5

95%

11.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.2.1 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Local Traffic Manager · F5

95%

11.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.4" 11.5.4" 11.6.1&#x80 11.2.1 11.4.0 &#xe2 11.6.0 11.6.0 &#xe2 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.0.0 - 12.1.2 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Policy Enforcement Manager · F5

95%

11.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.411.2.1 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62279530

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101636

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039675

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039676

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62279530

CVSS

2.9LOW[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-400

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