CVE-2013-3386 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco Email Security Appliances by flooding the spam quarantine component with TCP connections.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2013-3386?

CVE-2013-3386 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jun 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The IronPort Spam Quarantine (ISQ) component in the web framework in IronPort AsyncOS on Cisco Email Security Appliance devices before 7.1.5-106 and 7.3, 7.5, and 7.6 before 7.6.3-019 and Content Security Management Appliance devices before 7.9.1-102 and 8.0 before 8.0.0-404 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash or hang) via a high rate of TCP connection attempts, aka Bug IDs CSCzv25573 and CSCzv81712.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3386?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ironport Asyncos.

How do I fix CVE-2013-3386?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3386 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2013-3386 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3386 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-549q-7hrg-jjmc.

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