CVE-2017-6161 Information

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM AAM AFM Analytics APM ASM DNS Edge Gateway GTM Link Controller PEM WebAccelerator software version 12.0.0 - 12.1.2 11.6.0 - 11.6.1 11.4.0 - 11.5.4 11.2.1 when ConfigSync is configured attackers on adjacent networks may be able to bypass the TLS protections usually used to encrypted and authenticate connections to mcpd. This vulnerability may allow remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack via resource exhaustion.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101636 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039675 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039676 https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62279530

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.3