CVE-2016-1440 in Web Security Appliance

Summary

The proxy process on Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices through 9.1.0-070 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by establishing an FTP session and then improperly terminating the control connection after a file transfer, aka Bug ID CSCuy43468.

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• Reservation: 01/04/2016
• Disclosure: 07/02/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-88334 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-399 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.3
• EPSS: 0.00445
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1440
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1440
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-1440/