Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Nov 22, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-6166
CVE-2017-6166
Description
In BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe software 12.0.0 to 12.1.1, in some cases the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may crash when processing fragmented packets. This vulnerability affects TMM through a virtual server configured with a FastL4 profile. Traffic processing is disrupted while TMM restarts. If the affected BIG-IP system is configured as 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, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafev5Range: 12.0.0, 12.1.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102264nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039949nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K65615624nvdIssue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
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