CVE-2017-6166 Information

Description

In BIG-IP LTM AAM AFM Analytics APM ASM DNS Link Controller PEM and WebSafe software 12.0.0 to 12.1.1 in some cases the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may crash when processing fragmented packets. This vulnerability affects TMM through a virtual server configured with a FastL4 profile. Traffic processing is disrupted while TMM restarts. If the affected BIG-IP system is configured as part of a device group it will trigger a failover to the peer device.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102264 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039949 https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K65615624

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

5.9