CVE-2017-6140 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting various F5 BIG-IP and VIPRION products running specific LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, ASM, DNS, GTM, or PEM versions. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted sequence of packets to Virtual Servers with client or server SSL profiles, leading to a disruption of data plane services. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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