CVE-2017-6128 Denial of service in BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, PSM, WebAccelerator, WebSafe
An attacker can cause a denial-of-service against the sshd component in F5 BIG-IP and related management systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-6128?
CVE-2017-6128 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 1 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against the sshd component in F5 BIG-IP, Enterprise Manager, BIG-IQ, and iWorkflow.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6128?
It affects 21 products.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager, F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway and 15 more.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6128?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6128 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-6128 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6128 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
- CVE-2023-46747 F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication
- CVE-2021-22986 F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-22991 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5ppp-9644-jc48.