CVE-2017-6137

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, PSM, WebAccelerator, and WebSafe 11.6.1 HF1, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.2, undisclosed traffic patterns received while software SYN cookie protection is engaged may cause a disruption of service to the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) on specific platforms and configurations.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
BIG-IP: 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
BIG-IP ASM: 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
F5 BIG-IP DNS: 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 11.6.1
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
F5 Big-Ip Websafe: 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2

References

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