Denial of service in BIG-IP AAM and BIG-IP PEM - CVE-2017-6160
Published: October 30, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8982
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6160
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: F5 Networks
Affected software:
BIG-IP AAM
BIG-IP PEM
BIG-IP AAM
BIG-IP PEM
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the virtual servers using a Policy Enforcement profile or a Web Acceleration profile due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to cause Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart and temporarily fail to process traffic.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists in the virtual servers using a Policy Enforcement profile or a Web Acceleration profile due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to cause Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart and temporarily fail to process traffic.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-6160
Install update from vendor's website.