Cisco Email Security Appliance Denial of Service Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 103459

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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 CSCvd29354.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103459

File Name: cisco-sa-20170920-esa-email_security_appliance.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/25/2017

Updated: 12/20/2019

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12215

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12215

BID: 100920

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20170920-esa

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvd29354

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