CVE-2017-6160

Medium

Description

In F5 BIG-IP AAM and PEM software version 12.0.0 to 12.1.1, 11.6.0 to 11.6.1, 11.4.1 to 11.5.4, a remote attacker may create maliciously crafted HTTP request to cause Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart and temporarily fail to process traffic. This issue is exposed on virtual servers using a Policy Enforcement profile or a Web Acceleration profile. Systems that do not have BIG-IP AAM module provisioned are not vulnerable. The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may restart and temporarily fail to process traffic. Systems that do not have BIG-IP AAM or PEM module provisioned are not vulnerable.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductF5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager
PublishedOct 27, 2017
First seenOct 27, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
f5 big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.4.0, 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—
f5 big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.4.0, 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—

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