#VU8545 Resource exhaustion in Cisco Email Security Appliance - CVE-2017-12215
Published: September 21, 2017 / Updated: September 21, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8545
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12215
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Email Security Appliance
Cisco Email Security Appliance
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc
Cisco Systems, Inc
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the email message filtering feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for the Cisco Email Security Appliance improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email message with an attachment that contains corrupted fields, consume all available memory and cause the AsyncOS filtering process to crash and restart.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists in the email message filtering feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for the Cisco Email Security Appliance improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email message with an attachment that contains corrupted fields, consume all available memory and cause the AsyncOS filtering process to crash and restart.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: 10.0.2-020, 9.8.1-015.