Denial of service in BIG-IP PEM - CVE-2017-6169
Published: February 7, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10393
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6169
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exist due to a flaw in the Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM) URL categorization process. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted URLs disrupt traffic processing or cause the target virtual system to fail.
The weakness exist due to a flaw in the Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM) URL categorization process. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted URLs disrupt traffic processing or cause the target virtual system to fail.
Affected software
BIG-IP PEM
How to mitigate CVE-2017-6169
The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: 11.6.3, 12.1.3.1, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.1.0.