Vigil@nce - F5 BIG-IP: denial of service via TMM
January 2017 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can send a malicious fragmented packet to FastL4/TMM
of F5 BIG-IP, in order to trigger a denial of service.
Impacted products: BIG-IP Hardware, TMOS.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 30/11/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The F5 BIG-IP product uses TMM (Traffic Management Microkernel).
However, a fragmented packet generates a fatal error in FastL4.
An attacker can therefore send a malicious fragmented packet to
FastL4/TMM of F5 BIG-IP, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/F5-BIG-IP-denial-of-service-via-TMM-21240