CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-6166

Double Free

Published: Nov 22, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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In BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe software 12.0.0 to 12.1.1, in some cases the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may crash when processing fragmented packets. This vulnerability affects TMM through a virtual server configured with a FastL4 profile. Traffic processing is disrupted while TMM restarts. If the affected BIG-IP system is configured as part of a device group, it will trigger a failover to the peer device.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Big-ip_afmF512.0.0 (including)12.1.1 (including)
Big-ip_analyticsF512.0.0 (including)12.1.1 (including)
Big-ip_apmF512.0.0 (including)12.1.1 (including)
Big-ip_application_acceleration_managerF512.0.0 (including)12.1.1 (including)
Big-ip_asmF512.0.0 (including)12.1.1 (including)
Big-ip_dnsF512.0.0 (including)12.1.1 (including)
Big-ip_link_controllerF512.0.0 (including)12.1.1 (including)
Big-ip_ltmF512.0.0 (including)12.1.1 (including)
Big-ip_pemF512.0.0 (including)12.1.1 (including)
F5_websafeF512.0.0 (including)12.1.1 (including)
LinerateF52.5.0 (including)2.6.2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References