CVE-2016-4545 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by sending a specific SSL alert during handshake when SSL profiles are enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-4545?
CVE-2016-4545 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 7 Jun 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Virtual servers in F5 BIG-IP 11.5.4, when SSL profiles are enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and Traffic Management Microkernel restart) via an SSL alert during the handshake.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4545?
It affects 9 products.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager, F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-4545?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-4545 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-4545 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4545 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
- CVE-2023-46747 F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication
- CVE-2021-22986 F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-22991 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r45x-6833-9cg3.