#VU25787 Resource exhaustion in Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance - CVE-2020-3181
Published: March 5, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25787
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3181
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance
Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc
Cisco Systems, Inc
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to exhaust resources on an affected device.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient control over system memory allocation in the malware detection functionality in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP). A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email through the targeted device, cause an email attachment that contains malware to be delivered to a user and cause email processing delays.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.