Vulnerability CVE-2016-6876


Published: 2016-09-07

Description:
The RESOLV::lookup iRule command in F5 BIG-IP LTM, APM, ASM, and Link Controller 10.2.1 through 10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.4 HF2, 11.6.x before 11.6.1, and 12.0.0 before 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, and 12.0.0 before HF3; BIG-IP Analytics 11.2.1, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.4 HF2, 11.6.x before 11.6.1, and 12.0.0 before HF3; BIG-IP DNS 12.0.0 before HF3; BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, and WOM 10.2.1 through 10.2.4 and 11.2.1; BIG-IP GTM 10.2.1 through 10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.4 HF2, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1; and BIG-IP PSM 10.2.1 through 10.2.4 and 11.4.0 through 11.4.1 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or Traffic Management Microkernel crash) via a crafted PTR response.

Type:

CWE-399

(Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
F5 -> Big-ip access policy manager 
F5 -> Big-ip advanced firewall manager 
F5 -> Big-ip analytics 
F5 -> Big-ip application acceleration manager 
F5 -> Big-ip application security manager 
F5 -> Big-ip domain name system 
F5 -> Big-ip edge gateway 
F5 -> Big-ip global traffic manager 
F5 -> Big-ip link controller 
F5 -> Big-ip local traffic manager 
F5 -> Big-ip policy enforcement manager 
F5 -> Big-ip wan optimization manager 
F5 -> Big-ip webaccelerator 
F5 -> Big-ip protocol security manager 
F5 -> Big-ip protocol security module 

 References:
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036725
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/k/52/sol52638558.html

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