Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.1.0-032/9.7.1-000 FTP Application input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.1.0-032/9.7.1-000. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component FTP Application. The manipulation results in input validation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-6358. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.1.0-032/9.7.1-000 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part of the component FTP Application. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in local FTP to the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition when the FTP application unexpectedly quits. More Information: CSCux68539. Known Affected Releases: 9.1.0-032 9.7.1-000. Known Fixed Releases: 9.1.1-038.

The weakness was presented 10/28/2016 with Cisco as CSCux68539 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-6358 since 07/26/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 316062 (Cisco Email Security Appliance FTP Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20161026-esa6)).

Upgrading to version 9.1.1-038 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 93905†). See VDB-93139, VDB-93137 and VDB-93136 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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OpenVAS ID: 703276
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Email Security Appliance FTP Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Email Security Appliance 9.1.1-038

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07/26/2016 🔍
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10/28/2016 +2 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCux68539
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-6358 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6358
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93138
SecurityFocus: 93905 - Cisco Email Security Appliance CVE-2016-6358 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037115

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/28/2016 19:46
Updated: 09/25/2024 05:04
Changes: 10/28/2016 19:46 (58), 05/19/2019 18:37 (13), 09/28/2022 15:31 (4), 09/25/2024 05:04 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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