CVE-2016-1382 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco Web Security Appliances by sending crafted HTTP requests that mishandle memory allocation.

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-2016-1382?

CVE-2016-1382 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco AsyncOS before 8.5.3-069 and 8.6 through 8.8 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices mishandles memory allocation for HTTP requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (proxy-process reload) via a crafted request, aka Bug ID CSCuu02529.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1382?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Web Security Appliance \(Wsa\).

How do I fix CVE-2016-1382?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1382 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-2016-1382 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1382 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4xr4-6pxx-22j9.

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