The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP before 11.5.4 HF3, 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF2 and 12.x before 12.1.2 does not properly handle minimum path MTU options for IPv6, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) through unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01195.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
F5 Networks F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, PSM, WebAccelerator, WebSafe affected
Version Status Constraints
10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1 affected —

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:11.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:11.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:11.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:11.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:11.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:11.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:11.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:11.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:11.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:11.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:11.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:11.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 6 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:11.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:11.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:11.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:11.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:11.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:11.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 7 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 8 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:11.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:11.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:11.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:11.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:11.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:11.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 9 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:11.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:11.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:11.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:11.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:11.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:11.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 10 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_websafe:11.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_websafe:11.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_websafe:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_websafe:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_websafe:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 11 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_edge_gateway:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_edge_gateway:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_edge_gateway:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_edge_gateway:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_edge_gateway:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 12 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:11.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:11.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:11.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:11.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:11.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:11.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 13 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_module:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_module:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_module:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_module:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_module:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_module:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_module:11.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 14 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-10063 The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP before 11.5.4 HF3, 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF2 and 12.x before 12.1.2 does not properly handle minimum path MTU options for IPv6, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) through unspecified vectors.
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Workaround

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References
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038132 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46535047 cve-icon cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: f5

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:42:11.275Z

Reserved: 2016-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9252

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-27T18:59:00.230

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-9252

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