Cisco Email Security Appliance Malformed EML Attachment Bypass Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20170906-esa)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103049

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) is affected by one or more vulnerabilities. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and the Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID(s) CSCuz81533.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103049

File Name: cisco-sa-20170906-esa-email_security_appliance.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/8/2017

Updated: 3/1/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12218

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Email Security Appliance/DisplayVersion, Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Email Security Appliance/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12218

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20170906-esa

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCuz81533

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