CVE-2014-3285 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Cisco WAAS by sending crafted SharePoint responses when acceleration is enabled.

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-2014-3285?

CVE-2014-3285 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 May 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) 5.3(.5a) and earlier, when SharePoint acceleration is enabled, does not properly parse SharePoint responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application-optimization handler reload) via a crafted SharePoint application, aka Bug ID CSCue47674.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3285?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Wide Area Application Services.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3285?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3285 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-2014-3285 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3285 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2m32-48rp-7qjw.

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