# CVE-2015-4288: Weak cryptography in n/a

> Man-in-the-middle attackers can spoof servers and obtain sensitive information due to missing X.509 certificate verification in Cisco security appliances.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jul 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9fj4-p49h-qwx5

## What is CVE-2015-4288?

CVE-2015-4288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance, published on 29 Jul 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The LDAP implementation on the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 8.5.0-000, Email Security Appliance (ESA) 8.5.7-042, and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) 8.3.6-048 does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate, aka Bug IDs CSCuo29561, CSCuv40466, and CSCuv40470.

Weakness: CWE-310

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4288?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Cisco Content Security Management Appliance, Cisco Email Security Appliance, Cisco Web Security Appliance.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-4288?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-4288 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-4288 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4288 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Email Security Appliance

- [CVE-2014-2119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2119/): File upload in n/a (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2015-6321](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6321/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2013-5537](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5537/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-2183](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2183/): Weak cryptography in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2013-3395](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3395/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-4288 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-4288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance, published on 29 Jul 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4288 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Email Security Appliance. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4288/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4288/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4288
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4288
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-4288

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