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
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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.