PT-2017-16923
CVE-2017-6164
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Published
2017-12-21
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Updated
2018-01-09
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.1
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
F5 BIG-IP software versions 11.5.0 through 11.5.4
F5 BIG-IP software versions 11.6.0 through 11.6.1
F5 BIG-IP software versions 12.0.0 through 12.1.2
F5 BIG-IP software version 13.0.0
Description
The issue arises from the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) not properly handling certain malformed TLS1.2 records. This can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or possibly achieve remote command execution on the BIG-IP system.
Recommendations
For F5 BIG-IP software versions 11.5.0 through 11.5.4, update to a version that properly handles TLS1.2 records to prevent exploitation.
For F5 BIG-IP software versions 11.6.0 through 11.6.1, update to a version that properly handles TLS1.2 records to prevent exploitation.
For F5 BIG-IP software versions 12.0.0 through 12.1.2, update to a version that properly handles TLS1.2 records to prevent exploitation.
For F5 BIG-IP software version 13.0.0, update to a version that properly handles TLS1.2 records to prevent exploitation.
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