Description
In BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe software 12.0.0 to 12.1.1, in some cases the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may crash when processing fragmented packets. This vulnerability affects TMM through a virtual server configured with a FastL4 profile. Traffic processing is disrupted while TMM restarts. If the affected BIG-IP system is configured as part of a device group, it will trigger a failover to the peer device.
Published: 2017-11-22
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-15231 In BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe software 12.0.0 to 12.1.1, in some cases the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may crash when processing fragmented packets. This vulnerability affects TMM through a virtual server configured with a FastL4 profile. Traffic processing is disrupted while TMM restarts. If the affected BIG-IP system is configured as part of a device group, it will trigger a failover to the peer device.
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F5 Big-ip Afm Big-ip Analytics Big-ip Apm Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager Big-ip Asm Big-ip Dns Big-ip Link Controller Big-ip Ltm Big-ip Pem F5 Websafe Linerate
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: f5

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:36:14.016Z

Reserved: 2017-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6166

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-22T16:29:00.337

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6166

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