VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-6161

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.97%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-10-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator software version 12.0.0 - 12.1.2, 11.6.0 - 11.6.1, 11.4.0 - 11.5.4, 11.2.1, when ConfigSync is configured, attackers on adjacent networks may be able to bypass the TLS protections usually used to encrypted and authenticate connections to mcpd. This vulnerability may allow remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack via resource exhaustion.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references