CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-6160

5.9 MEDIUM Published 2017-10-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-10-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

In F5 BIG-IP AAM and PEM software version 12.0.0 to 12.1.1, 11.6.0 to 11.6.1, 11.4.1 to 11.5.4, a remote attacker may create maliciously crafted HTTP request to cause Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart and temporarily fail to process traffic. This issue is exposed on virtual servers using a Policy Enforcement profile or a Web Acceleration profile. Systems that do not have BIG-IP AAM module provisioned are not vulnerable. The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may restart and temporarily fail to process traffic. Systems that do not have BIG-IP AAM or PEM module provisioned are not vulnerable.

Affected configurations

• 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 11.5.5 • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager 11.6.0 • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager 11.6.1 • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager 12.0.0 • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager 12.1.0 • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager 12.1.1 • 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 11.5.5 • f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager 11.6.0 • f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager 11.6.1 • f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager 12.0.0 • f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager 12.1.0 • f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager 12.1.1

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