CVE-2016-6249 Information disclosure in F5 BIG-IP, REST Framework Logging
Local users can read plaintext passwords from log files when REST authentication requests timeout, exposing sensitive credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-6249?
CVE-2016-6249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 20 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
F5 BIG-IP 12.0.0 and 11.5.0 - 11.6.1 REST requests which timeout during user account authentication may log sensitive attributes such as passwords in plaintext to /var/log/restjavad.0.log. It may allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6249?
It affects 11 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 5 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6249?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6249 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-6249 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6249 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-475j-chqr-x6c4.