CVE-2015-6288 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco Content Security Management Appliance via crafted HTTP requests due to improper credential validation.
- 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-2015-6288?
CVE-2015-6288 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 Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) 7.8.0-000 does not properly validate credentials, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (rapid log-file rollover and application fault) via crafted HTTP requests, aka Bug ID CSCuw09620.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6288?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Content Security Management Appliance.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6288?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6288 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-2015-6288 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6288 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2948-rrxj-6qwq.