VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-6161

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 0.97%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.97%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.0: 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.97% probability · 60th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-400
Affected: f5/big-ip local traffic manager · f5/big-ip application acceleration manager · f5/big-ip advanced firewall manager · f5/big-ip access policy manager · f5/big-ip application security manager · f5/big-ip link controller · f5/big-ip policy enforcement manager · f5/big-ip domain name system · f5/big-ip edge gateway · f5/big-ip global traffic manager · f5/big-ip webaccelerator
Source: f5sirt@f5.com

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101636Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039675Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039676Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62279530Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101636Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039675Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039676Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62279530Vendor Advisory

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