CVE-2016-5021 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 24 Jun 2016 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote authenticated administrators can obtain sensitive information from the iControl REST service in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ products.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2016-5021?

CVE-2016-5021 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 24 Jun 2016. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The iControl REST service in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Link Controller, and PEM 11.5.x before 11.5.4, 11.6.x before 11.6.1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP DNS 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP GTM 11.5.x before 11.5.4 and 11.6.x before 11.6.1; BIG-IQ Cloud and Security 4.0.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Device 4.2.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Centralized Management 4.6.0; and BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated administrators to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5021?

It affects 16 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 Domain Name System and 10 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5021?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5021 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-5021 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5021 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c2f8-448q-3jp2.