SOL17386 - vCMP DoS vulnerability CVE-2015-6546

Vulnerability Recommended Actions

If you are running a version listed in the Versions known to be vulnerablecolumn, you can eliminate this vulnerability by upgrading the vCMP host to a version listed in the Versions known to be not vulnerable column. If the table lists only an older version than what you are currently running, or does not list a non-vulnerable version, then no upgrade candidate currently exists.

Important: To eliminate this vulnerability, the vCMP host must be running a software version listed in the**Versions known to be not vulnerable **column; BIG-IP systems in which the vCMP host is running software listed as not vulnerable are not subject to this exploit regardless of the vCMP guest versions running on it.

F5 responds to vulnerabilities in accordance with the Severityvalues published in the previous table. The Severityvalues and other security vulnerability parameters are defined in SOL4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy.

Mitigating this vulnerability

To mitigate this vulnerability, ensure proper access control of networks adjacent to the BIG-IP system.

Supplemental Information

• SOL16419: Overview of BIG-IP memory usage
• SOL15468: Overview of BIG-IP TMM CPU usage (10.x - 11.x)
• SOL9970: Subscribing to email notifications regarding F5 products
• SOL9957: Creating a custom RSS feed to view new and updated documents
• SOL4918: Overview of the F5 critical issue hotfix policy
• SOL167: Downloading software and firmware from F5
• SOL13123: Managing BIG-IP product hotfixes (11.x - 12.x)
• SOL9502: BIG-IP hotfix matrix