Resource exhaustion in F5 Networks products - CVE-2017-6135
Published: December 25, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9742
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6135
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 vulnerability exists due to resource exhaustion. A remote attacker can send specially crafted IPv4 or IPv6 packets to the management port or self IP addresses, trigger a memory leak in the kernel, consume excessive memory and cause the service to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Affected software
BIG-IP LTM
BIG-IP AFM
BIG-IP Analytics
BIG-IP APM
BIG-IP ASM
BIG-IP GTM
BIG-IP PEM
BIG-IP AAM
BIG-IP DNS
BIG-IP Link Controller
BIG-IP WebSafe
BIG-IP AFM
BIG-IP Analytics
BIG-IP APM
BIG-IP ASM
BIG-IP GTM
BIG-IP PEM
BIG-IP AAM
BIG-IP DNS
BIG-IP Link Controller
BIG-IP WebSafe
How to mitigate CVE-2017-6135
Update to version 13.1.0.