CVE-2017-6166

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6166
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-22 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-12-14 21:44:00 UTC
DescriptionIn BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe software 12.0.0 to 12.1.1, in some cases the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may crash when processing fragmented packets. This vulnerability affects TMM through a virtual server configured with a FastL4 profile. Traffic processing is disrupted while TMM restarts. If the affected BIG-IP system is configured as part of a device group, it will trigger a failover to the peer device.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-415

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F5 Big-ip Aam All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Afm All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Apm All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Asm All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Dns All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Ltm All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Pem All All All All
Application F5 F5 Websafe All All All All
Application F5 Linerate All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
support.f5.com/csp/article/K65615624 CONFIRM support.f5.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Multiple F5 BIG-IP Products CVE-2017-6166 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
F5 BIG-IP Double Free Memory Error in TMM Lets Remote Users Deny Service - 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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