Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.6.0-042 File Descriptor resource management
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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.6.0-042 (Anti-Malware Software). This affects an unknown function of the component File Descriptor Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) 8.5.6-106 and 9.6.0-042 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (file-descriptor consumption and device reload) via crafted HTTP requests, aka Bug ID CSCuw32211.
The weakness was presented 09/30/2015 as 41241 as confirmed vulnerability alert (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-6309 since 08/17/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (106784).
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Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Unproven
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Timeline
08/17/2015 🔍09/30/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: 41241
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2015-6309 (🔍)
X-Force: 106784 - Cisco Email Security Appliance file descriptor denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1033716
Vulnerability Center: 54237 - Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) 8.5.6-106 and 9.6.0-042 Remote DoS in File Descriptor Handling, Medium
SecurityFocus: 76912
Entry
Created: 10/01/2015 18:02Updated: 06/20/2022 07:02
Changes: 10/01/2015 18:02 (39), 11/11/2015 11:56 (14), 06/20/2022 06:48 (2), 06/20/2022 07:02 (7)
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