Vulnerability CVE-2017-6166


Published: 2017-11-22

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.

Type:

CWE-415

(Double Free)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
F5 -> Big-ip analytics 
F5 -> Big-ip link controller 
F5 -> Linerate 

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

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