CVE-2017-6128

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Published 2017-05-01 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

An attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against the sshd component in F5 BIG-IP, Enterprise Manager, BIG-IQ, and iWorkflow.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`11.5.4`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`11.6.0`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`11.6.1`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.5.4`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.6.0`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.6.1`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.5.4`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.6.0`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.5.4`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.6.0`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.6.1`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.5.4`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.6.0`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.6.1`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.5.4`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.6.0`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.6.1`
f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.5.4`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.6.0`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.6.1`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.5.4`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.6.0`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.6.1`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.5.4`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.6.0`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.6.1`
f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_websafe	`11.6.0`
f5	big-ip_websafe	`11.6.1`
f5	enterprise_manager	`3.1.1`
f5	big-iq_cloud	`4.4.0`
f5	big-iq_cloud	`4.5.0`
f5	big-iq_device	`4.4.0`
f5	big-iq_device	`4.5.0`
f5	big-iq_security	`4.4.0`
f5	big-iq_security	`4.5.0`
f5	big-iq_application_delivery_controller	`4.5.0`
f5	big-iq_centralized_management	`4.6.0`
f5	big-iq_cloud_and_orchestration	`1.0.0`
f5	f5_iworkflow	`2.0.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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