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F5 Networks: K46535047 (CVE-2016-9252): F5 TCP IPv6 vulnerability CVE-2016-9252

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F5 Networks: K46535047 (CVE-2016-9252): F5 TCP IPv6 vulnerability CVE-2016-9252

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/23/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/24/2017
Modified
05/05/2019

Description

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP before 11.5.4 HF3, 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF2 and 12.x before 12.1.2 does not properly handle minimum path MTU options for IPv6, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) through unspecified vectors.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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