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Web Security Virtual Appliance CVE-2015-6290

MEDIUM
Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)
2015-09-14 psirt@cisco.com
Denial Of Service Cisco Buffer Overflow Web Security Virtual Appliance
4.3
CVSS 2.0 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
P

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Sep 14, 2015 - 01:59 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.3

DescriptionCVE.org

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 8.0.7 allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption from stale TCP connections) via crafted responses, aka Bug ID CSCuw10426.

AnalysisAI

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 8.0.7 allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption from stale TCP connections) via crafted responses, aka Bug ID CSCuw10426. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 8.0.7 allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption from stale TCP connections) via crafted responses, aka Bug ID CSCuw10426. Affected products include: Cisco Web Security Virtual Appliance.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.

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