CVE-2016-7468 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2016-7468

An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to disrupt services...

5.9 CVSS

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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F5 BIG-IP ASM 15.0.0, 14.1.0-14.1.0.6, 14.0.0-14.0.0.5, 13.0.0-13.1.1.5, 12.1.0-12.1.4.1, 11.6.0-11.6.4, and...

F5 BIG-IP 15.0.0, 14.1.0-14.1.0.6, 14.0.0-14.0.0.5, 13.0.0-13.1.1.5, 12.1.0-12.1.4.1, 11.6.0-11.6.4, and 11.5.1-11.5.9...

F5 SSL Intercept iApp 1.5.0 - 1.5.7 and SSL Orchestrator...

F5 SSL Intercept iApp version 1.5.0 - 1.5.7 is vulnerable...

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP before 11.5.4...

Affected Vendor

F5 Networks

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Affected Software

F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Link Controller, PEM, PSM,

Vulnerable Versions:

11.4.1 - 11.5.4

Timeline

Official Publish: March 23rd, 2017

Last Modified: August 6th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.