Cisco Web Security Appliance 8.0.7-142/8.5.1-021 Native FTP resource management

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Summary
A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Cisco Web Security Appliance 8.0.7-142/8.5.1-021. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Native FTP Handler. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-6386. There is not any exploit available. Restrictive firewalling should be applied.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco Web Security Appliance 8.0.7-142/8.5.1-021 (Anti-Malware Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Native FTP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability.
The weakness was released 11/30/2015 as cisco-sa-20151130-wsa as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-6386 since 08/17/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The advisory illustrates:
The ability to exploit this vulnerability is affected by the way the FTP client uses handles to close the FTP control connection.
Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling .
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Vulnerability Center (SBV-54704†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
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- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2
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Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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OpenVAS ID: 803167
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Web Security Appliance Native FTP Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
08/17/2015 🔍11/30/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-20151130-wsa
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2015-6386 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-6386
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79346
SecurityTracker: 1034276
Vulnerability Center: 54704 - [cisco-sa-20151130-wsa] Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) Remote DoS due to High CPU Utilization, Medium
Entry
Created: 12/01/2015 12:09Updated: 06/28/2022 08:35
Changes: 12/01/2015 12:09 (49), 05/09/2018 11:43 (11), 06/28/2022 08:35 (4)
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