CVE-2015-8240

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, and BIG-IP PEM before 11.4.1 HF10, 11.5.x before 11.5.4, and 11.6.x before 11.6.0 HF6 and BIG-IP PSM before 11.4.1 HF10 does not properly handle TCP options, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to the tm.minpathmtu database variable.

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, and BIG-IP PEM before 11.4.1 HF10, 11.5.x before 11.5.4, and 11.6.x before 11.6.0 HF6 and BIG-IP PSM before 11.4.1 HF10 does not properly handle TCP options, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to the tm.minpathmtu database variable.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

F5

First reported 9 years ago

2016-04-11 14:59:00

Last updated 9 years ago

2016-04-18 18:12:00

Affected Software

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager 11.4.1

11.4.1

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager 11.5.3

11.5.3

F5 Big-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) 11.6.0

11.6.0

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager 11.4.1

11.4.1

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager 11.5.3

11.5.3

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager 11.6.0

11.6.0

F5 BIG-IP Analytics 11.4.1

11.4.1

F5 BIG-IP Analytics 11.5.3

11.5.3

F5 BIG-IP Analytics 11.6.0

11.6.0

F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager 11.4.1

11.4.1

F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager 11.5.3

11.5.3

F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager 11.6.0

11.6.0

F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager 11.4.1

11.4.1

F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager 11.5.3

11.5.3

F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager 11.6.0

11.6.0

F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager 11.4.1

11.4.1

F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager 11.5.3

11.5.3

F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager 11.6.0

11.6.0

F5 BIG-IP Link Controller 11.4.1

11.4.1

F5 BIG-IP Link Controller 11.5.3

11.5.3

F5 BIG-IP Link Controller 11.6.0

11.6.0

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager 11.4.1

11.4.1

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager 11.5.3

11.5.3

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager 11.6.0

11.6.0

F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager 11.4.1

11.4.1

F5 Networks BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager 11.5.3

11.5.3

F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager 11.6.0

11.6.0

F5 Networks BIGIP Protocol Security Module 11.4.1

11.4.1

References

1035367

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/k/06/sol06223540.html

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