Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliance Header Subject resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliance. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Header Handler. Such manipulation of the argument Subject leads to resource management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2014-8016. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliance (Anti-Malware Software) (version now known). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument Subject with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliance (ESA) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via long Subject headers in e-mail messages, aka Bug ID CSCzv93864.

The weakness was published 12/23/2014 as CSCzv93864 as confirmed security notice (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-8016 since 10/08/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (99465). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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10/08/2014 🔍
12/18/2014 +71 days 🔍
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12/31/2014 +8 days 🔍
03/09/2019 +1529 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCzv93864
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-8016 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8016
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68480
X-Force: 99465 - Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliance denial of service, Medium Risk

Entryinfo

Created: 12/31/2014 20:59
Updated: 03/09/2019 07:43
Changes: 12/31/2014 20:59 (39), 03/09/2019 07:43 (14)
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Cache ID: 216:4D0:103

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