CVE-2015-6309 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) 8.5.6-106 and 9.6.0-042 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (file-descriptor consumption and device reload) via crafted HTTP requests, aka Bug ID CSCuw32211.

Published: 2015-10-02

Score: 6.8 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:9.6.0-042:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware:8.5.6-106:::::::*

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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-2015-6251	Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) 8.5.6-106 and 9.6.0-042 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (file-descriptor consumption and device reload) via crafted HTTP requests, aka Bug ID CSCuw32211.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00309.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=41241
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033716

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Email Security Appliance Email Security Appliance Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2015-10-02T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:15:13.333Z

Reserved: 2015-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6309

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-10-02T15:59:03.223

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

Link: CVE-2015-6309

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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