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CVE-2016-9244

N/A

Published: February 9, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC

19 products affected across 2 vendorsBig IP Access Policy ManagerBig IP Application Security ManagerBig IP Advanced Firewall Manager

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 74%

Description

A BIG-IP virtual server configured with a Client SSL profile that has the non-default Session Tickets option enabled may leak up to 31 bytes of uninitialized memory. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability to obtain Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) session IDs from other sessions. It is possible that other data from uninitialized memory may be returned as well.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Big IP Access Policy Manager · F5

95%

11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Advanced Firewall Manager · F5

95%

11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Analytics · F5

95%

11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Application Acceleration Manager · F5

95%

11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Application Security Manager · F5

95%

11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Global Traffic Manager · F5

95%

11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1

Big IP Link Controller · F5

95%

11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Local Traffic Manager · F5

95%

v < 11.6.111.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Affected range stops below 11.6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Big IP Policy Enforcement Manager · F5

95%

11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.1.2

Big IP Protocol Security Module · F5

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05121675

References (8)

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141017/Ticketbleed-F5-TLS-Information-Disclosure.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96143

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037800

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

https://blog.filippo.io/finding-ticketbleed/

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

https://filippo.io/Ticketbleed/

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/0x00string/oldays/blob/master/CVE-2016-9244.py

x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05121675

Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Source: [email protected]

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41298/

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-200

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