CVE-2017-6133 Denial of service in BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, PEM, WebSafe
Undisclosed HTTP requests can cause a denial of service in F5 BIG-IP modules, requiring patches to maintain availability.
- 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-2017-6133?
CVE-2017-6133 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, Link Controller, PEM and WebSafe software version 13.0.0 and 12.1.0 - 12.1.2, undisclosed HTTP requests may cause a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6133?
It affects 10 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 4 more.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6133?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6133 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-2017-6133 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6133 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-wrc7-wj3h-vvmg.