CVE-2016-6358 Denial of service in Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) through 9.7.1-000

High 7.5 Published Updated

An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a partial denial of service on Cisco Email Security Appliance via local FTP.

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-2016-6358?

CVE-2016-6358 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance, published on 28 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in local FTP to the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition when the FTP application unexpectedly quits. More Information: CSCux68539. Known Affected Releases: 9.1.0-032 9.7.1-000. Known Fixed Releases: 9.1.1-038.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6358?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Email Security Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6358?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6358 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-2016-6358 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6358 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Email Security Appliance vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2qcm-46qf-rxjj.

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