PT-2015-6446 · Cisco · Cisco Email Security Appliance

Published 2015-06-13 · Updated 2017-01-04 · CVE-2015-4184

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) versions 3.3.1-09, 7.5.1-gpl-022, 8.5.6-074

Description The issue concerns the anti-spam scanner, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended email restrictions. This is achieved via a malformed DNS SPF record.

Recommendations For version 3.3.1-09, update to a version that includes the fix for Bug ID CSCuu35853. For version 7.5.1-gpl-022, update to a version that includes the fix for Bug ID CSCuu37733. For version 8.5.6-074, update to a version that includes the fix for the mentioned bug IDs. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the anti-spam scanner until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-4184

Affected Products

Cisco Email Security Appliance

References · 4

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=39339 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4184 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/75181 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032582 · Note