CVE-2017-6138

high F5
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 29% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: December 21, 2017 (3065 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: F5
Source: NVD

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM and WebSafe software version 13.0.0 and 12.1.0 - 12.1.2, malicious requests made to virtual servers with an HTTP profile can cause the TMM to restart. The issue is exposed with BIG-IP APM profiles, regardless of settings. The issue is also exposed with the non-default "normalize URI" configuration options used in iRules and/or BIG-IP LTM policies.

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

f5 big-ip local traffic managerf5 big-ip application acceleration managerf5 big-ip advanced firewall managerf5 big-ip analyticsf5 big-ip access policy managerf5 big-ip application security managerf5 big-ip dnsf5 big-ip global traffic managerf5 big-ip link controllerf5 big-ip policy enforcement manager

References

🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 support.f5.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 support.f5.com