Web Security Appliance
CVE-2015-6321
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Cisco AsyncOS before 8.5.7-042, 9.x before 9.1.0-032, 9.1.x before 9.1.1-023, and 9.5.x and 9.6.x before 9.6.0-042 on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices; before 9.1.0-032, 9.1.1 before 9.1.1-005, and 9.5.x before 9.5.0-025 on Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) devices; and before 7.7.0-725 and 8.x before 8.0.8-113 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of TCP packets, aka Bug IDs CSCus79774, CSCus79777, and CSCzv95795.
AnalysisAI
Cisco AsyncOS before 8.5.7-042, 9.x before 9.1.0-032, 9.1.x before 9.1.1-023, and 9.5.x and 9.6.x before 9.6.0-042 on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices; before 9.1.0-032, 9.1.1 before 9.1.1-005,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-399. Cisco AsyncOS before 8.5.7-042, 9.x before 9.1.0-032, 9.1.x before 9.1.1-023, and 9.5.x and 9.6.x before 9.6.0-042 on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices; before 9.1.0-032, 9.1.1 before 9.1.1-005, and 9.5.x before 9.5.0-025 on Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) devices; and before 7.7.0-725 and 8.x before 8.0.8-113 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of TCP packets, aka Bug IDs CSCus79774, CSCus79777, and CSCzv95795. Affected products include: Cisco Web Security Appliance, Cisco Content Security Management Appliance, Cisco Email Security Appliance. Version information: before 8.5.7.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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