Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-6160 - Unspecified vulnerability in F5 products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
In F5 BIG-IP AAM and PEM software version 12.0.0 to 12.1.1, 11.6.0 to 11.6.1, 11.4.1 to 11.5.4, a remote attacker may create maliciously crafted HTTP request to cause Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart and temporarily fail to process traffic. This issue is exposed on virtual servers using a Policy Enforcement profile or a Web Acceleration profile. Systems that do not have BIG-IP AAM module provisioned are not vulnerable. The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may restart and temporarily fail to process traffic. Systems that do not have BIG-IP AAM or PEM module provisioned are not vulnerable.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
| NASL family | F5 Networks Local Security Checks |
| NASL id | F5_BIGIP_SOL19430431.NASL |
| description | A remote attacker may create maliciously crafted HTTP request to cause Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart and temporarily fail to process traffic. This issue is exposed on virtual servers using a Policy Enforcement profile or a Web Acceleration profile. (CVE-2017-6160) Impact The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may restart and temporarily fail to process traffic. Systems that do not have BIG-IP AAM or PEMprovisioned are not vulnerable. |
| last seen | 2020-03-17 |
| modified | 2017-10-27 |
| plugin id | 104190 |
| published | 2017-10-27 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104190 |
| title | F5 Networks BIG-IP : TMM vulnerability (K19430431) |