Medium severity · published May 13, 2016
CVE-2015-8099
F5 BIG-IP LTM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Link Controller, and PEM 11.3.x, 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF10, 11.5.x before 11.5.4, 11.6.x before 11.6.1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF1; BIG-IP…
5.9
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
F5 BIG-IP LTM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Link Controller, and PEM 11.3.x, 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF10, 11.5.x before 11.5.4, 11.6.x before 11.6.1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF1; BIG-IP AAM 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF10, 11.5.x before 11.5.4, 11.6.x before 11.6.1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF1; BIG-IP DNS 12.x before 12.0.0 HF1; BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, and WOM 11.3.0; BIG-IP GTM 11.3.x, 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF10, 11.5.x before 11.5.4, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1; BIG-IP PSM 11.3.x and 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF10; Enterprise Manager 3.0.0 through 3.1.1; BIG-IQ Cloud and BIG-IQ Security 4.0.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Device 4.2.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Centralized Management 4.6.0; and BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0 on the 3900, 6900, 8900, 8950, 11000, 11050, PB100 and PB200 platforms, when software SYN cookies are configured on virtual servers, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (High-Speed Bridge hang) via an invalid TCP segment.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
Big-ip Access Policy Manager · F5
11.3.0; 11.4.0; 11.4.1; 11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; +3 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager · F5
11.3.0; 11.4.0; 11.4.1; 11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; +12 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Analytics · F5
11.3.0; 11.4.0; 11.4.1; 11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; +3 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager · F5
11.4.0; 11.4.1; 11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; +2 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Security Manager · F5
11.3.0; 11.4.0; 11.4.1; 11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; +3 more · source: NVD
BD
Big-ip Domain Name System · F5
12.0.0 · source: NVD
BE
Big-ip Edge Gateway · F5
11.3.0; 11.3.0 · source: NVD
BE
Big-ip Enterprise Manager · F5
3.0.0; 3.1.0; 3.1.1 · source: NVD
BG
Big-ip Global Traffic Manager · F5
11.3.0; 11.4.0; 11.4.1; 11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; +2 more · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Link Controller · F5
11.3.0; 11.4.0; 11.4.1; 11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; +3 more · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Local Traffic Manager · F5
10.2.0; 11.3.0; 11.4.0; 11.4.1; 11.5.0; 11.5.1; +4 more · source: NVD
BP
Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager · F5
11.3.0; 11.4.0; 11.4.1; 11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; +3 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8099
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8099
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035873
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035874
Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/k/35/sol35358312.html
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