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CVE-2017-6166
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-11-22T16:29:00.337 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:21:52.890

Summary

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

f5 — big-ip_afm

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References

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