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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco Web Security Appliance 8.5.3-051 (Anti-Malware Software). This affects an unknown part of the component Proxy Cache 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 weakness was disclosed 11/04/2015 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20151104-wsa1 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-6292 since 08/17/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86916 (Cisco Web Security Appliance Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (107828) and Tenable (86916). The entries 79048 and 79049 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Web Security Appliance

Version

• 8.5.3-051

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life (old version)

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 86916
Nessus Name: Cisco Web Security Appliance Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

08/17/2015 🔍
11/04/2015 +79 days 🔍
11/04/2015 +0 days 🔍
11/04/2015 +0 days 🔍
11/05/2015 +1 days 🔍
11/06/2015 +1 days 🔍
11/06/2015 +0 days 🔍
11/10/2015 +4 days 🔍
11/18/2015 +8 days 🔍
06/26/2022 +2412 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20151104-wsa1
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-6292 (🔍)
X-Force: 107828 - Cisco Web Security Appliance proxy cache denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1034062
Vulnerability Center: 54269 - [cisco-sa-20151104-wsa1] Cisco AsyncOS on Web Security Appliance (WSA) Remote DoS via Multiple Proxy Connections, High
SecurityFocus: 77437 - Cisco Web Security Appliance CVE-2015-6292 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/05/2015 11:00
Updated: 06/26/2022 09:53
Changes: 11/05/2015 11:00 (61), 04/11/2018 11:34 (11), 06/26/2022 09:53 (4)
Complete: 🔍

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