CVE-2017-6153 Denial of service in BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, FPS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator)

Medium 5.3 Published 1 Jun 2018 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Attackers can cause service disruption on F5 BIG-IP systems via Zip Bomb attacks exploiting inflate functionality in iRules or PEM modules.

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-2017-6153?

CVE-2017-6153 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 1 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Features in F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.3, 12.1.0-12.1.3.1, 11.6.1-11.6.3.1, 11.5.1-11.5.5, or 11.2.1 system that utilizes inflate functionality directly, via an iRule, or via the inflate code from PEM module are subjected to a service disruption via a "Zip Bomb" attack.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6153?

It affects 13 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 Domain Name System and 7 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6153?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6153 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-2017-6153 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6153 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3r5p-5q8f-23jv.