PT-2018-8305 · F5 · F5 Big-Ip

Published 2018-02-06 · Updated 2018-03-13 · CVE-2017-6169

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions F5 BIG-IP versions 11.6.0 through 11.6.2 F5 BIG-IP versions 12.0.0 through 12.1.3 F5 BIG-IP version 13.0.0

Description The issue occurs when an F5 BIG-IP virtual server using the URL categorization feature receives malformed URLs during categorization, potentially causing the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to produce a core file.

Recommendations For F5 BIG-IP versions 11.6.0 through 11.6.2, update to a version that does not use the vulnerable URL categorization feature or apply a configuration change to prevent the TMM from producing a core file when receiving malformed URLs. For F5 BIG-IP versions 12.0.0 through 12.1.3, update to a version that does not use the vulnerable URL categorization feature or apply a configuration change to prevent the TMM from producing a core file when receiving malformed URLs. For F5 BIG-IP version 13.0.0, update to a version that does not use the vulnerable URL categorization feature or apply a configuration change to prevent the TMM from producing a core file when receiving malformed URLs.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6169

Affected Products

F5 Big-Ip

References · 4

• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31404801 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6169 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6169 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040332 · Note