PT-2016-3712 · Cisco · Waas+1

Published 2016-01-27 · Updated 2016-12-07 · CVE-2015-6421

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Wide Area Application Service (WAAS) and Virtual WAAS (vWAAS) versions 5.x before 5.3.5d Cisco Wide Area Application Service (WAAS) and Virtual WAAS (vWAAS) version 5.4 Cisco Wide Area Application Service (WAAS) and Virtual WAAS (vWAAS) versions 5.5 before 5.5.3

Description The issue affects the CIFS optimization functionality due to the cifs-ao component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in resource consumption and device reload, via crafted network traffic.

Recommendations For versions 5.x before 5.3.5d, update to version 5.3.5d or later. For version 5.4, update to version 5.5.3 or later. For versions 5.5 before 5.5.3, update to version 5.5.3 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-6421

Affected Products

Waas

Vwaas

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6421 · Security Note
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160127-waascifs · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034831 · Note