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CVE-2017-6159

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-10-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe software version 12.0.0 to 12.1.2, 11.6.0 to 11.6.1 are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when the MPTCP option is enabled on a virtual server. Data plane is vulnerable when using the MPTCP option of a TCP profile. There is no control plane exposure. An attacker may be able to disrupt services by causing TMM to restart hence temporarily failing to process traffic.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
• BIG-IP: 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
• BIG-IP ASM: 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
• F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
• F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
• F5 Big-Ip Websafe: 1.0.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101633
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039669
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10002335
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101633
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039669
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10002335

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