High severity · published Apr 13, 2018
CVE-2017-6148
Responses to SOCKS proxy requests made through F5 BIG-IP version 13.0.0, 12.0.0-12.1.3.1, 11.6.1-11.6.2, or 11.5.1-11.5.5 may cause a disruption of services provided by TMM
7.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Responses to SOCKS proxy requests made through F5 BIG-IP version 13.0.0, 12.0.0-12.1.3.1, 11.6.1-11.6.2, or 11.5.1-11.5.5 may cause a disruption of services provided by TMM. The data plane is impacted and exposed only when a SOCKS proxy profile is attached to a Virtual Server. The control plane is not impacted by this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% 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
11.5.1 through 11.5.5; 11.6.1 through 11.6.2; 12.0.0 through 12.1.3; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager · F5
11.5.1 through 11.5.5; 11.6.1 through 11.6.2; 12.0.0 through 12.1.3; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager · F5
11.5.1 through 11.5.5; 11.6.1 through 11.6.2; 12.0.0 through 12.1.3; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Security Manager · F5
11.5.1 through 11.5.5; 11.6.1 through 11.6.2; 12.0.0 through 12.1.3; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Link Controller · F5
11.5.1 through 11.5.5; 11.6.1 through 11.6.2; 12.0.0 through 12.1.3; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Local Traffic Manager · F5
11.5.1 through 11.5.5; 11.6.1 through 11.6.2; 12.0.0 through 12.1.3; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BP
Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager · F5
11.5.1 through 11.5.5; 11.6.1 through 11.6.2; 12.0.0 through 12.1.3; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BW
Big-ip Websafe · F5
11.5.1 through 11.5.5; 11.6.1 through 11.6.2; 12.0.0 through 12.1.3; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6148
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6148
Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55225440
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