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F5 Networks: K41107914 (CVE-2016-9251): iControl REST vulnerability CVE-2016-9251

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F5 Networks: K41107914 (CVE-2016-9251): iControl REST vulnerability CVE-2016-9251

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/05/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/07/2017
Modified
09/16/2019

Description

In F5 BIG-IP 12.0.0 through 12.1.2, an authenticated attacker may be able to cause an escalation of privileges through a crafted iControl REST connection.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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