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F5 | 985749
TCP exponential backoff algorithm does not comply with RFC 6298
Last update date:
4/26/2024
Affected products:
BIG-IP
BIG-IP LTM
Affected releases:
11.6.5
11.6.5.1
11.6.5.2
11.6.5.3
12.1.6
13.1.0
13.1.0.1
13.1.0.2
13.1.0.3
13.1.0.4
13.1.0.5
13.1.0.6
Fixed releases:
No fixed releases provided.
Description:
Severity: 3-Major ... Symptoms ... The algorithms used for TCP exponential backoff are different for SYN and non-SYN packets. ... Impact ... Retransmission timeout interval depends on the inclusion/exclusion of SYN flag. ... Conditions ... Using TCP.
