CVE-2017-6164 In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator and WebSafe software version 1

High 8.1 Published Updated
Exploited in the wild
Not known
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-6164?

CVE-2017-6164 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 21 Dec 2017.

Official description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator and WebSafe software version 13.0.0, 12.0.0 - 12.1.2, 11.6.0 - 11.6.1 and 11.5.0 - 11.5.4, in some circumstances, Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) does not properly handle certain malformed TLS1.2 records, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or possible remote command execution on the BIG-IP system.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6164?

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 Dns and 7 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6164?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6164 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-6164 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6164 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9c6g-fxpf-p2p8.

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