CVE-2017-6162

Summary

CVECVE-2017-6162
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-27 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-16 20:21:00 UTC
DescriptionIn F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe software version 12.0.0 to 12.1.2, 11.6.0 to 11.6.1, 11.4.0 to 11.5.4, 11.2.1, in some cases TMM may crash when processing TCP traffic. This vulnerability affects TMM via a virtual server configured with TCP profile. Traffic processing is disrupted while Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) restarts. If the affected BIG-IP system is configured to be part of a device group, it will trigger a failover to the peer device.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 11.6.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 11.6.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 12.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 12.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 11.6.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 11.6.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 12.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 12.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 11.6.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 11.6.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 12.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 12.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 11.6.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 11.6.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 12.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 12.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 11.6.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 11.6.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 12.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 12.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 11.6.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 11.6.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 12.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 12.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 11.6.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 11.6.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 12.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 12.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 11.6.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 11.6.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 12.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 12.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 11.6.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 11.6.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 12.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 12.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 11.6.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 11.6.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 12.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 12.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 11.6.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 11.6.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 12.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 12.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 11.6.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 11.6.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 12.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 12.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 11.6.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 11.6.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 12.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 12.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 11.6.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 11.6.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 12.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 12.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Websafe 1.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Websafe 1.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
support.f5.com/csp/article/K13421245 CONFIRM support.f5.com Vendor Advisory
Multiple F5 BIG-IP Products CVE-2017-6162 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
F5 BIG-IP TCP Packet Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to Restart - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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