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CVE-2017-6159
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-10-27T14:29:00.310 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:21:51.903

Summary

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_local_traffic_manager

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