CVE-2017-6159

medium F5
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 24% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: October 27, 2017 (3120 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: F5
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

f5 big-ip local traffic managerf5 big-ip application acceleration managerf5 big-ip advanced firewall managerf5 big-ip access policy managerf5 big-ip application security managerf5 big-ip link controllerf5 big-ip policy enforcement managerf5 big-ip websafe

References

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