CVE-2015-4184 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The anti-spam scanner on Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices 3.3.1-09, 7.5.1-gpl-022, and 8.5.6-074 allows remote attackers to bypass intended e-mail restrictions via a malformed DNS SPF record, aka Bug IDs CSCuu35853 and CSCuu37733.

Published: 2015-06-13

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:email_security_appliance:3.331-09:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.5.1-gpl-022:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-074:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-4207	The anti-spam scanner on Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices 3.3.1-09, 7.5.1-gpl-022, and 8.5.6-074 allows remote attackers to bypass intended e-mail restrictions via a malformed DNS SPF record, aka Bug IDs CSCuu35853 and CSCuu37733.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00575.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=39339
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75181
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032582

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Email Security Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2015-06-13T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:03.035Z

Reserved: 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4184

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-06-13T10:59:00.067

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-4184

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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