CVE-2017-6169

Summary

CVECVE-2017-6169
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-06 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-03-13 18:01:00 UTC
DescriptionIn versions 13.0.0, 12.0.0-12.1.3, or 11.6.0-11.6.2, an F5 BIG-IP virtual server using the URL categorization feature may cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to produce a core file when it receives malformed URLs during categorization.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 11.6.2 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 12.1.2 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 12.1.3 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 13.0.0 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 11.6.2 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 12.1.2 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 12.1.3 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 13.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
support.f5.com/csp/article/K31404801 CONFIRM support.f5.com Vendor Advisory
F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM) URL Categorization Bug 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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