F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe software version 12.0.0 to 12.1.2, 11.6.0 to 11.6.1 are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when the MPTCP option is enabled on a virtual server. Data plane is vulnerable when using the MPTCP option of a TCP profile. There is no control plane exposure. An attacker may be able to disrupt services by causing TMM to restart hence temporarily failing to process traffic.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: f5

Published: 2017-10-27T14:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:46:34.159Z

Reserved: 2017-02-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-6159

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-27T14:29:00.310

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:29:10.043

Link: CVE-2017-6159

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