F5 Networks: CVE-2017-6156: K05263202: BIG-IP IPsec tunnel endpoint vulnerability CVE-2017-6156
Description
When the F5 BIG-IP 12.1.0-12.1.1, 11.6.0-11.6.1, 11.5.1-11.5.5, or 11.2.1 system is configured with a wildcard IPSec tunnel endpoint, it may allow a remote attacker to disrupt or impersonate the tunnels that have completed phase 1 IPSec negotiations. The attacker must possess the necessary credentials to negotiate the phase 1 of the IPSec exchange to exploit this vulnerability; in many environment this limits the attack surface to other endpoints under the same administration.
Solution(s)
- f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest
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