Description
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.
Published: 2017-10-27
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-15224 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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F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager Big-ip Application Security Manager Big-ip Link Controller Big-ip Local Traffic Manager Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager Big-ip Websafe
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: f5

Published:

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

Reserved: 2017-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6159

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-6159

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