CVE-2016-7467 Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP APM
An authenticated user can cause traffic disruption or failover in F5 BIG-IP APM by sending a malformed SAML request when configured as a SAML Identity Provider.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-7467?
CVE-2016-7467 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 11 Apr 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The TMM SSO plugin in F5 BIG-IP APM 12.0.0 - 12.1.1, 11.6.0 - 11.6.1 HF1, 11.5.4 - 11.5.4 HF2, when configured as a SAML Identity Provider with a Service Provider (SP) connector, might allow traffic to be disrupted or failover initiated when a malformed, signed SAML authentication request from an authenticated user is sent via the SP connector.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7467?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7467?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7467 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-2016-7467 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7467 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-gxpj-cpjp-q8f2.