PT-2016-6844 · Cisco · Cisco Asyncos Software For Email Security Appliances+2

Published 2016-10-28 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2016-6360

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco AsyncOS Software for Email Security Appliances (ESA) versions 9.5 through the first fixed release Cisco AsyncOS Software for Web Security Appliances (WSA) versions prior to the first fixed release

Description A vulnerability in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition due to the AMP process unexpectedly restarting.

Recommendations For Cisco AsyncOS Software for Email Security Appliances (ESA) versions 9.5 through the first fixed release, update to the first fixed release or later. For Cisco AsyncOS Software for Web Security Appliances (WSA) versions prior to the first fixed release, update to the first fixed release or later.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6360

Affected Products

Advanced Malware Protection

Cisco Asyncos Software For Email Security Appliances

Cisco Asyncos Software For Web Security Appliances

References · 6

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esawsa3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6360 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6360 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037121 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93910 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037120 · Note