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CVE-2017-6168

Published: Nov 17, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-203
7.4HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
21.6%
Top 2.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Workaround Only

Description

On BIG-IP versions 11.6.0-11.6.2 (fixed in 11.6.2 HF1), 12.0.0-12.1.2 HF1 (fixed in 12.1.2 HF2), or 13.0.0-13.0.0 HF2 (fixed in 13.0.0 HF3) a virtual server configured with a Client SSL profile may be vulnerable to an Adaptive Chosen Ciphertext attack (AKA Bleichenbacher attack) against RSA, which when exploited, may result in plaintext recovery of encrypted messages and/or a Man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack, despite the attacker not having gained access to the server's private key itself, aka a ROBOT attack.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-203

Affected Products

n/an/a
big-ip ltmf5
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
big-ip application acceleration managerf5
On-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
big-ip afmf5
On-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
big-ip analyticsf5
On-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
f5commercialUSNetworking Infrastructure
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Exploitability

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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://robotattack.org/
robotattack.org
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K21905460
support.f5.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101901
securityfocus.com
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Timeline

Published
Nov 17, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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