CVE-2013-6016

Description

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP LTM, APM, ASM, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, and WOM 10.0.0 through 10.2.2 and 11.0.0; Analytics 11.0.0; PSM 9.4.0 through 9.4.8, 10.0.0 through 10.2.4, and 11.0.0 through 11.4.1; and WebAccelerator 9.4.0 through 9.4.8, 10.0.0 through 10.2.4, and 11.0.0 through 11.3.0 might change a TCP connection to the ESTABLISHED state before receiving the ACK packet, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGFPE or assertion failure and TMM restart) via unspecified vectors.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.28% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory f5.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/200/sol13233.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55378 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029220 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88166 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-6016?
CVE-2013-6016 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-6016?
To fix CVE-2013-6016, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-6016 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-6016 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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