# CVE-2015-6287: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco Web Security Appliances by flooding TCP traffic, leading to DNS resolution delays and service outages.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Sep 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r224-hwf4-6cww

## What is CVE-2015-6287?

CVE-2015-6287 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Sep 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 8.0.6-078 and 8.0.6-115 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service outage) via a flood of TCP traffic that leads to DNS resolution delays, aka Bug IDs CSCur32005 and CSCur07907.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6287?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Web Security Virtual Appliance.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-6287?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6287 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-6287 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2021-1271](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1271/): Cisco Web Security Appliance Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2015-6290](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6290/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-6287 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-6287 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Sep 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-2015-6287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2015-6287/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6287/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6287
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6287
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-6287

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6287/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.