Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-6162
CVE-2017-6162
Description
In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe software version 12.0.0 to 12.1.2, 11.6.0 to 11.6.1, 11.4.0 to 11.5.4, 11.2.1, in some cases TMM may crash when processing TCP traffic. This vulnerability affects TMM via a virtual server configured with TCP profile. Traffic processing is disrupted while Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) restarts. If the affected BIG-IP system is configured to be part of a device group, it will trigger a failover to the peer device.
Affected products
1- F5 Networks, Inc./BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafev5Range: 12.0.0 - 12.1.2
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101635nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039673nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K13421245nvdVendor Advisory
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