CVE-2017-6141
In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, APM, ASM, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe 12.1.0 through 12.1.2,...
In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, APM, ASM, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe 12.1.0 through 12.1.2, certain values in a TLS abbreviated handshake when using a client SSL profile with the Session Ticket option enabled may cause disruption of service to the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM). The Session Ticket option is disabled by default.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, APM, ASM, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe 12.1.0 through 12.1.2, certain values in a TLS abbreviated handshake when using a client SSL profile with the Session Ticket option enabled may cause disruption of service to the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM). The Session Ticket option is disabled by default.
- Record
CVE-2017-6141- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, APM, ASM, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe 12.1.0 through 12.1.2, certain values in a TLS abbreviated handshake when using a client SSL profile with the Session Ticket option enabled may cause disruption of service to the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM). The Session Ticket option is disabled by default.
- Record
CVE-2017-6141- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15206 No score
In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, APM, ASM, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe 12.1.0 through 12.1.2, certain values in a TLS abbreviated handshake when using a client SSL profile with the Session Ticket option enabled may cause disruption of service to the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM). The Session Ticket option is disabled by default.
- Record
EUVD-2017-15206- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rrff-4pjq-q3cc
In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, APM, ASM, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe 12.1.0 through 12.1.2,...
In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, APM, ASM, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe 12.1.0 through 12.1.2, certain values in a TLS abbreviated handshake when using a client SSL profile with the Session Ticket option enabled may cause disruption of service to the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM). The Session Ticket option is disabled by default.
- Record
GHSA-rrff-4pjq-q3cc- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- f5 big-ip access policy manager
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager
- f5 big-ip application acceleration manager
- f5 big-ip application security manager
- f5 big-ip link controller
- f5 big-ip local traffic manager
- f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager
- f5 big-ip websafe
- f5 networks, inc. big-ip ltm, aam, afm, apm, asm, link controller, pem, websafe
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-6141 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager, published October 20, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.06%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.