CVE-2016-7468

MEDIUM

F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager - Improper Access Control

Title source: rule

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.

References (3)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97119

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13053402

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038121

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0092

EPSS Percentile 75.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-284

Status published

Affected Products (50)

f5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager

f5/big-ip_application_acceleration_manager

f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Mar 23, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026