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F5: CVE-2016-9249: K71282001: TMM vulnerability CVE-2016-9249

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 26, 2017
Added
Jun 17, 2026
Modified
Jun 17, 2026

Description

An undisclosed traffic pattern received by a BIG-IP Virtual Server with TCP Fast Open enabled may cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart, resulting in a Denial-of-Service (DoS).

Solution

f5-bigip-upgrade-latest
Title
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