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CVE-2016-5022

Published: Sep 7, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-284
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.5%
Top 12.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

F5 BIG-IP LTM, Analytics, APM, ASM, and Link Controller 11.2.x before 11.2.1 HF16, 11.3.x, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.4 HF2, 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP AAM, AFM, and PEM 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.4 HF2, 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP DNS 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, and WOM 11.2.x before 11.2.1 HF16 and 11.3.0; BIG-IP GTM 11.2.x before 11.2.1 HF16, 11.3.x, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.4 HF2, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF1; BIG-IP PSM 11.2.x before 11.2.1 HF16, 11.3.x, and 11.4.0 through 11.4.1; Enterprise Manager 3.1.1; BIG-IQ Cloud and Security 4.0.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Device 4.2.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0; BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0; and iWorkflow 2.0.0, when Packet Filtering is enabled on virtual servers and possibly self IP addresses, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Traffic Management Microkernel restart) and possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted network traffic.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected Products

f5
commercial·US
big-ip link controllerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
big-ip policy enforcement managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure
big-ip access policy managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
big-ip global traffic managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
big-iq cloudSaaSNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
big-ip webacceleratorOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway
big-iq application delivery controllerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
big-ip application security managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036710
securitytracker.com
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/k/06/sol06045217.html
support.f5.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036709
securitytracker.com

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