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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-6156

When the F5 BIG-IP 12.1.0-12.1.1, 11.6.0-11.6.1, 11.5.1-11.5.5, or 11.2.1 system is configured with a wildcard IPSec tunnel endpoint, it may allow a remote attacker to disrupt or impersonate the tunnels that have completed phase 1 IPSec negotiations.

MEDIUM 6.4EPSS 0.92%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.92%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

When the F5 BIG-IP 12.1.0-12.1.1, 11.6.0-11.6.1, 11.5.1-11.5.5, or 11.2.1 system is configured with a wildcard IPSec tunnel endpoint, it may allow a remote attacker to disrupt or impersonate the tunnels that have completed phase 1 IPSec negotiations. The attacker must possess the necessary credentials to negotiate the phase 1 of the IPSec exchange to exploit this vulnerability; in many environment this limits the attack surface to other endpoints under the same administration.

CVSS 3.0
6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
EPSS
0.92% probability · 58th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
f5/big-ip local traffic manager · f5/big-ip application acceleration manager · f5/big-ip advanced firewall manager · f5/big-ip analytics · f5/big-ip access policy manager · f5/big-ip application security manager · f5/big-ip edge gateway · f5/big-ip global traffic manager · f5/big-ip link controller · f5/big-ip policy enforcement manager · f5/big-ip webaccelerator · f5/big-ip websafe · f5/big-ip domain name system
Source
f5sirt@f5.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.