SB2017051207 - Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP
Published: May 12, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017051207
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9250)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to delete files on the target system.The weakness exists due to insufficient security controls imposed by the management control plane component of the affected software. A remote attacker can use undisclosed measures through the Web Configuration Utility, iControl REST, or iControl SOAP, delete arbitrary files through an undisclosed mechanism and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.