Information disclosure in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
CVE-2016-6249
F5 BIG-IP 12.0.0 and 11.5.0 - 11.6.1 REST requests which timeout during user account authentication may log sensitive attributes such as passwords in plaintext to /var/log/restjavad.0.log. It may allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager — versions 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2
- F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager — versions 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2
- F5 Big-Ip Analytics — versions 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2
- F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager — versions 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2
- F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager — versions 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2
- F5 Big-Ip Domain Name System — versions 12.0.0
- F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager — versions 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2
- F5 Big-Ip Link Controller — versions 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2
- F5 Big-Ip Local Traffic Manager — versions 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2
- F5 Big-Ip Policy Enforcement Manager — versions 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K12685114 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037873 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-6249?
- CVE-2016-6249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-02-20.
- How severe is CVE-2016-6249?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.