CVE-2015-6292 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption in Cisco WSA proxy-cache implementation.
- 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-2015-6292?
CVE-2015-6292 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Web Security Appliance, published on 6 Nov 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The proxy-cache implementation in Cisco AsyncOS 8.0.x before 8.0.7-151, 8.1.x and 8.5.x before 8.5.2-004, 8.6.x and 8.7.x before 8.7.0-171-LD, and 8.8.x before 8.8.0-085 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via multiple proxy connections, aka Bug ID CSCus10922.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6292?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Web Security Appliance.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6292?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6292 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-2015-6292 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6292 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Web Security Appliance
- CVE-2015-6298 Command injection in n/a
- CVE-2019-1817 Cisco Web Security Appliance Malformed Request Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2018-0410 Denial of service in AsyncOS Software for Cisco Web Security Appliances
- CVE-2015-6293 Denial of service in n/a
- CVE-2018-0353 Security feature bypass in Cisco Web Security Appliance unknown
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3cff-mxj3-v7r2.