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FKIE_CVE-2016-9247

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-10 16:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:55
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Under certain conditions for BIG-IP systems using a virtual server with an associated FastL4 profile and TCP analytics profile, a specific sequence of packets may cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart.
References
f5sirt@f5.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95405Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
f5sirt@f5.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037581
f5sirt@f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/#/article/K33500120Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95405Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037581
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.f5.com/csp/#/article/K33500120Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager 12.1.0
f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager 12.1.1
f5 big-ip_application_acceleration_manager 12.1.0
f5 big-ip_application_acceleration_manager 12.1.1
f5 big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 12.1.0
f5 big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 12.1.1
f5 big-ip_analytics 12.1.0
f5 big-ip_analytics 12.1.1
f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager 12.1.0
f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager 12.1.1
f5 big-ip_application_security_manager 12.1.0
f5 big-ip_application_security_manager 12.1.1
f5 big-ip_domain_name_system 12.1.0
f5 big-ip_domain_name_system 12.1.1
f5 big-ip_link_controller 12.1.0
f5 big-ip_link_controller 12.1.1
f5 big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager 12.1.0
f5 big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager 12.1.1
f5 big-ip_websafe 12.1.0
f5 big-ip_websafe 12.1.1
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