Information disclosure in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2017-6783
Published: August 16, 2017 / Updated: August 17, 2017
Cisco Content Security Management Appliance
Cisco Email Security Appliance
Cisco Web Security Appliance
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in SNMP polling for the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA), Email Security Appliance (ESA), and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) due to insufficient protection of protect confidential information at rest in response to Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) poll requests. A remote attacker with knowledge of configured SNMP community string can make a crafted SNMP poll request to the targeted security appliance and discover confidential information.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in additional reconnaissance attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-6783
Update Email Security Appliance to version 11.0.0-105.
Update Content Security Management Appliance to version 11.0.0-060.