CVE-2017-6132 Denial of service in BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe

High 7.5 Published 21 Dec 2017 Updated 16 Sep 2024

An attacker can cause a denial of service by sending a specific sequence of packets to BIG-IP High Availability state mirror listeners, restarting the TMM process.

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-2017-6132?

CVE-2017-6132 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 21 Dec 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM and Websafe software version 13.0.0, 12.0.0 to 12.1.2, 11.6.0 to 11.6.1 and 11.5.0 - 11.5.4, an undisclosed sequence of packets sent to BIG-IP High Availability state mirror listeners (primary and/or secondary IP) may cause TMM to restart.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6132?

It affects 11 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 Dns and 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6132?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6132 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-2017-6132 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6132 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6x4p-pv7r-7mjm.