Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 13, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6156
CVE-2017-6156
Description
When the F5 BIG-IP 12.1.0-12.1.1, 11.6.0-11.6.1, 11.5.1-11.5.5, or 11.2.1 system is configured with a wildcard IPSec tunnel endpoint, it may allow a remote attacker to disrupt or impersonate the tunnels that have completed phase 1 IPSec negotiations. The attacker must possess the necessary credentials to negotiate the phase 1 of the IPSec exchange to exploit this vulnerability; in many environment this limits the attack surface to other endpoints under the same administration.
Affected products
2- F5, Inc./Big Ip (ltm, Aam, Afm, Analytics, Apm, Asm, DNS, Edge Gateway, Fps, Gtm, Link Controller, Pem, Webaccelerator)cpe-rescueRange: 12.1.0-12.1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- support.f5.com/csp/article/K05263202nvdVendor Advisory
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