CVE-2016-1288 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a service outage on Cisco Web Security Appliances by sending malformed HTTPS requests, requiring an upgrade to patched AsyncOS versions.
- 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-2016-1288?
CVE-2016-1288 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Web Security Appliance, published on 3 Mar 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The HTTPS Proxy feature in Cisco AsyncOS before 8.5.3-051 and 9.x before 9.0.0-485 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service outage) by leveraging certain intranet connectivity and sending a malformed HTTPS request, aka Bug ID CSCuu24840.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1288?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Web Security Appliance.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1288?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1288 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-2016-1288 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1288 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Web Security Appliance
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rq33-86v9-3777.