PT-2016-4833 · Cisco · Cisco Asyncos

Published 2016-10-28 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2016-1486

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 AsyncOS Software versions 9.7.1 through 9.7.1-066 Cisco AsyncOS Software versions 9.7.2 prior to 9.7.2-047

Description A denial of service (DoS) condition could be triggered by an unauthenticated, remote attacker due to a vulnerability in the email attachment scanning functionality of the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature. This would cause the affected device to stop scanning and forwarding email messages.

Recommendations For versions 9.7.1 through 9.7.1-066, update to version 9.7.1-207 or later. For versions 9.7.2 prior to 9.7.2-047, update to version 9.7.2-047 or later. For all affected versions, ensure the AMP feature is properly configured and consider temporarily disabling the email attachment scanning functionality until the update is applied.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-19

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-1486

Affected Products

Cisco Asyncos

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1486 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1486 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esa2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037124 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93906 · Note