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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.2848
SOL50116122: Apache Tomcat vulnerability CVE-2016-6816
2 December 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: F5 BIG-IP products
F5 ARX
F5 Enterprise Manager
F5 Traffix SDC
Publisher: F5 Networks
Operating System: Network Appliance
Virtualisation
Impact/Access: Provide Misleading Information -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Mitigation
CVE Names: CVE-2016-6816
Reference: ESB-2016.2795
Original Bulletin:
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/k/50/sol50116122.html
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SOL50116122: Apache Tomcat vulnerability CVE-2016-6816 Security Advisory
Original Publication Date: 12/01/2016 Vulnerability Description
** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or
individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the
candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be
provided. (CVE-2016-6816)
Impact
An attacker may be able to perform HTTP request smuggling by sending an
invalid character in HTTP requests. For more information about HTTP request
smuggling, refer to Section 9.5 Request Smuggling of Internet Engineering Task
Force (RFC 7230).
Note: This link takes you to a resource outside of AskF5. The third party
could remove the document without our knowledge.
Security Issue Status
F5 Product Development has assigned ID 630856 (BIG-IP), ID 631221 (Enterprise
Manager), ID 466436 (ARX), and INSTALLER-2831 (Traffix SDC) to this
vulnerability.
To determine if your release is known to be vulnerable, the components or
features that are affected by the vulnerability, and for information about
releases or hotfixes that address the vulnerability, refer to the following
table:
Product Versions known to be vulnerable Versions known to be not vulnerable Severity Vulnerable component or feature
BIG-IP LTM 12.0.0 - 12.1.1 None Medium Configuration utility
11.4.0 - 11.6.1
11.2.1
10.2.1 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP AAM 12.0.0 - 12.1.1 None Medium Configuration utility
11.4.0 - 11.6.1
BIG-IP AFM 12.0.0 - 12.1.1 None Medium Configuration utility
11.4.0 - 11.6.1
BIG-IP Analytics 12.0.0 - 12.1.1 None Medium Configuration utility
11.4.0 - 11.6.1
11.2.1
BIG-IP APM 12.0.0 - 12.1.1 None Medium Configuration utility
11.4.0 - 11.6.1
11.2.1
10.2.1 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP ASM 12.0.0 - 12.1.1 None Medium Configuration utility
11.4.0 - 11.6.1
11.2.1
10.2.1 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP DNS 12.0.0 - 12.1.1 None Medium Configuration utility
BIG-IP Edge Gateway 11.2.1 None Medium Configuration utility
10.2.1 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP GTM 11.4.0 - 11.6.1 None Medium Configuration utility
11.2.1
10.2.1 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP Link Controller 12.0.0 - 12.1.1 None Medium Configuration utility
11.4.0 - 11.6.1
11.2.1
10.2.1 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP PEM 12.0.0 - 12.1.1 None Medium Configuration utility
11.4.0 - 11.6.1
BIG-IP PSM 11.4.0 - 11.4.1 None Medium Configuration utility
10.2.1 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP WebAccelerator 11.2.1 None Medium Configuration utility
10.2.1 - 10.2.4
BIG-IP WebSafe 12.0.0 - 12.1.1 None Medium Configuration utility
11.6.0 - 11.6.1
ARX 6.2.0 - 6.4.0 None Medium Apache Tomcat
Enterprise Manager 3.1.1 None Medium Configuration utility
BIG-IQ Cloud None 4.0.0 - 4.5.0 Not vulnerable None
BIG-IQ Device None 4.2.0 - 4.5.0 Not vulnerable None
BIG-IQ Security None 4.0.0 - 4.5.0 Not vulnerable None
BIG-IQ ADC None 4.5.0 Not vulnerable None
BIG-IQ Centralized Management None 5.0.0 - 5.1.0
4.6.0 Not vulnerable None
BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration None 1.0.0 Not vulnerable None
F5 iWorkflow None 2.0.0 - 2.0.2 Not vulnerable None
LineRate None 2.5.0 - 2.6.1 Not vulnerable None
Traffix SDC 5.0.0 - 5.1.0 None Medium Apache Tomcat
4.0.0 - 4.4.0
Vulnerability Recommended Actions
If you are running a version listed in the Versions known to be vulnerable
column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by upgrading to a version listed
in the Versions known to be not vulnerable column. If the table lists only an
older version than what you are currently running, or does not list a
non-vulnerable version, then no upgrade candidate currently exists.
Mitigation
BIG-IP and Enterprise Manager
To mitigate this vulnerability, you can limit access to the Configuration
utility to only use secure networks.
ARX and Traffix SDC
To mitigate this vulnerability, you can limit access to the ARX GUI and
Traffix SDC Management Console to only use secure networks.
Supplemental Information
SOL9970: Subscribing to email notifications regarding F5 products
SOL9957: Creating a custom RSS feed to view new and updated documents
SOL4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy
SOL4918: Overview of the F5 critical issue hotfix policy
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