CVE-2016-9245

Medium

Description

In F5 BIG-IP systems 12.1.0 - 12.1.2, malicious requests made to virtual servers with an HTTP profile can cause the TMM to restart. The issue is exposed with BIG-IP APM profiles, regardless of settings. The issue is also exposed with the non-default "Normalize URI" configuration options used in iRules and/or BIG-IP LTM policies. An attacker may be able to disrupt traffic or cause the BIG-IP system to fail over to another device in the device group.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductF5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager
PublishedMar 7, 2017
First seenMar 7, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2—
f5 big-ip_application_acceleration_manager12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2—
f5 big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2—
f5 big-ip_analytics12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2—
f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2—
f5 big-ip_application_security_manager12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2—
f5 big-ip_domain_name_system12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2—
f5 big-ip_link_controller12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2—
f5 big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2—
f5 big-ip_websafe12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2—

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