CVE-2015-6285 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco Email Security Appliances via format string specifiers in HTTP requests.
- 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-2015-6285?
CVE-2015-6285 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance, published on 14 Sep 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Format string vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) 7.6.0 and 8.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite or service outage) via format string specifiers in an HTTP request, aka Bug ID CSCug21497.
Weakness: CWE-134
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6285?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Email Security Appliance.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6285?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6285 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-2015-6285 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6285 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2015-6291 Denial of service in n/a
- CVE-2022-20664 Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- CVE-2022-20960 Denial of service in Cisco Secure Email
- CVE-2018-0419 Security feature bypass in Email Security Appliance (ESA)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cwqw-mv4m-vqgq.