CVE-2016-5736 describes a vulnerability in various F5 BIG-IP products where the default configuration of the IPsec IKE peer listener improperly enables an anonymous IPsec IKE peer. This allows remote attackers to initiate an IKE Phase 1 negotiation, potentially leading to brute-force attacks against Phase 2 negotiations. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:11.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.