CVE-2016-7468

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to disrupt services on F5 BIG-IP 11.4.1 - 11.5.4 devices with maliciously crafted network traffic. This vulnerability affects virtual servers associated with TCP profiles when the BIG-IP system's tm.tcpprogressive db variable value is set to non-default setting "enabled". The default value for the tm.tcpprogressive db variable is "negotiate". An attacker may be able to disrupt traffic or cause the BIG-IP system to fail over to another device in the device group.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+1)
BIG-IP: 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+1)
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+1)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+1)
BIG-IP ASM: 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+1)
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+1)
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+1)
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+1)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+1)
F5 Big-Ip Protocol Security Module: 11.4.0, 11.4.1

References

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