SB2017051208 - Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP



SB2017051208 - Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP

Published: May 12, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017051208
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
  • Low
  • Medium
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9253)

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to cause DoS conditions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted websocket traffic and cause the affected server to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.