PT-2016-4827 · Cisco · Cisco Web Security Appliances+2

Published 2016-10-28 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2016-1480

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA) versions prior to 9.1.1-038 Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA) versions prior to 9.7.1-066

Description A vulnerability in the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) scanner could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured user filters on the device. This issue affects devices configured with message or content filters to scan incoming email attachments.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.1.1-038, update to version 9.1.1-038 or later. For versions prior to 9.7.1-066, update to version 9.7.1-066 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-388

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-1480

Affected Products

Cisco Asyncos

Cisco Email Security Appliances

Cisco Web Security Appliances

References · 6

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esawsa1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1480 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037116 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037117 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93914 · Note