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F5 Networks: K62279530 (CVE-2017-6161): ConfigSync mcpd vulnerability CVE-2017-6161

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F5 Networks: K62279530 (CVE-2017-6161): ConfigSync mcpd vulnerability CVE-2017-6161

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/26/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/26/2017
Modified
02/01/2018

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator software version 12.0.0 - 12.1.2, 11.6.0 - 11.6.1, 11.4.0 - 11.5.4, 11.2.1, when ConfigSync is configured, attackers on adjacent networks may be able to bypass the TLS protections usually used to encrypted and authenticate connections to mcpd. This vulnerability may allow remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack via resource exhaustion.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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