Vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
CVE-2015-8240
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (77.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager — versions 11.4.1, 11.5.3, 11.6.0
- F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager — versions 11.4.1, 11.5.3, 11.6.0
- F5 Big-Ip Analytics — versions 11.4.1, 11.5.3, 11.6.0
- F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager — versions 11.4.1, 11.5.3, 11.6.0
- F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager — versions 11.4.1, 11.5.3, 11.6.0
- F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager — versions 11.4.1, 11.5.3, 11.6.0
- F5 Big-Ip Link Controller — versions 11.4.1, 11.5.3, 11.6.0
- F5 Big-Ip Local Traffic Manager — versions 11.4.1, 11.5.3, 11.6.0
- F5 Big-Ip Policy Enforcement Manager — versions 11.4.1, 11.5.3, 11.6.0
- F5 Big-Ip Protocol Security Module — versions 11.4.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/k/06/sol06223540.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035367 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8240?
- CVE-2015-8240 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-04-11.
- How severe is CVE-2015-8240?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.