CVE-2017-6160 is a medium-severity denial-of-service vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP AAM and PEM software versions 12.0.0-12.1.1, 11.6.0-11.6.1, and 11.4.1-11.5.4. A remote attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests to cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart, temporarily disrupting traffic processing on virtual servers using Policy Enforcement or Web Acceleration profiles. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9 (MEDIUM) due to its high availability impact, but it requires high attack complexity. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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