CVE-2016-7468 Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Link Controller, PEM, PSM,
Unauthenticated attackers can disrupt services on F5 BIG-IP devices via crafted traffic when a specific TCP profile variable is 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-2016-7468?
CVE-2016-7468 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 23 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to disrupt services on F5 BIG-IP 11.4.1 - 11.5.4 devices with maliciously crafted network traffic. This vulnerability affects virtual servers associated with TCP profiles when the BIG-IP system's tm.tcpprogressive db variable value is set to non-default setting "enabled". The default value for the tm.tcpprogressive db variable is "negotiate". An attacker may be able to disrupt traffic or cause the BIG-IP system to fail over to another device in the device group.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7468?
It affects 10 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 4 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7468?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7468 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-2016-7468 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7468 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-85r2-ph89-w946.