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CVE-2017-6161

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Published 2017-10-27 · Modified 2026-05-13
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CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/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
5.3

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
53%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager{"startIncluding":"11.5.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager12.1.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager12.1.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager12.1.2
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager{"startIncluding":"11.5.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager12.1.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager12.1.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager12.1.2
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager{"startIncluding":"11.5.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager12.1.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager12.1.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager12.1.2
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager{"startIncluding":"11.5.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager12.1.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager12.1.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager12.1.2
f5big-ip_application_security_manager{"startIncluding":"11.5.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager12.1.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager12.1.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager12.1.2
f5big-ip_link_controller{"startIncluding":"11.5.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
f5big-ip_link_controller11.2.1
f5big-ip_link_controller11.6.0
f5big-ip_link_controller11.6.1
f5big-ip_link_controller12.0.0
f5big-ip_link_controller12.1.0
f5big-ip_link_controller12.1.1
f5big-ip_link_controller12.1.2
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager{"startIncluding":"11.5.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager12.1.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager12.1.1
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager12.1.2
f5big-ip_domain_name_system{"startIncluding":"11.4.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
f5big-ip_domain_name_system11.2.1
f5big-ip_domain_name_system11.6.0
f5big-ip_domain_name_system11.6.1
f5big-ip_domain_name_system12.0.0
f5big-ip_domain_name_system12.1.0
f5big-ip_domain_name_system12.1.1
f5big-ip_domain_name_system12.1.2
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.2.1
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.4.0
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.4.1
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.5.0
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.5.1
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.5.2
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.5.3
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.5.4
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.5.5
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.6.0
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.6.1
f5big-ip_edge_gateway12.0.0
f5big-ip_edge_gateway12.1.0
f5big-ip_edge_gateway12.1.1
f5big-ip_edge_gateway12.1.2
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager12.1.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager12.1.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager12.1.2
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.2.1
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.4.0
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.4.1
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.5.0
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.5.1
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.5.2
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.5.3
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.5.4
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.5.5
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.6.0
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.6.1
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.6.2
f5big-ip_webaccelerator12.0.0
f5big-ip_webaccelerator12.1.0
f5big-ip_webaccelerator12.1.1
f5big-ip_webaccelerator12.1.2

References

CWEs

CWE-400

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