CVE-2017-6159 — F5 Big-ip Link Controller vulnerability

4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
F5 Big-ip Access Policy ManagerF5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall ManagerF5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager+5 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 27
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages8 packages

▶NVDf5/big-ip_link_controller6 versions+5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4pmg-6wm7-72gm: F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe software version 12↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-6159: F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe software version 12↗2017-10-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2017-6159: F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe software version 12↗2017-10-27
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