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CVE-2017-6164

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

Using BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator, WebSafe by F5 Networks, Inc.?

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator and WebSafe software version 13.0.0, 12.0.0 - 12.1.2, 11.6.0 - 11.6.1 and 11.5.0 - 11.5.4, in some circumstances, Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) does not properly handle certain malformed TLS1.2 records, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or possible remote command execution on the BIG-IP system.

Affected

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

Big IP Access Policy Manager· F5
95%
11.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.112.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.211.5.011.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.413.0.0
Big IP Advanced Firewall Manager· F5
95%
11.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.112.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.211.5.011.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.413.0.0
Big IP Analytics· F5
95%
11.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.112.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.211.5.011.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.413.0.0
Big IP Application Acceleration Manager· F5
95%
11.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.112.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.211.5.011.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.413.0.0
Big IP Application Security Manager· F5
95%
11.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.112.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.211.5.011.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.413.0.0
Big IP DNS· F5
95%
11.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.112.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.211.5.011.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.413.0.0
Big IP Edge Gateway· F5
95%
11.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.112.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.211.5.011.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.413.0.0
Big IP Global Traffic Manager· F5
95%
11.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.112.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.211.5.011.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.413.0.0
Big IP Link Controller· F5
95%
11.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.112.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.211.5.011.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.413.0.0
Big IP Local Traffic Manager· F5
95%
11.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.112.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.211.5.011.5.0 - 11.5.411.5.111.5.211.5.311.5.411.6.0 - 11.6.112.0.0 - 12.1.213.0.0

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040054
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K02714910

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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