SB2016102722 - Denial of service in Cisco Web Security Appliance



SB2016102722 - Denial of service in Cisco Web Security Appliance

Published: October 27, 2016 Updated: April 5, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2016102722
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6360)

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to cause partial DoS conditions on the target system.
The weakness is due to input validation flaw. By sending a specially crafted Kava Archive (JAR) file, a remote attacker can trigger the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) service to restart after scanning that file.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.