Cisco Email Security Appliance Filter Bypass Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105257

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 CSCvf44666.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?33a0a792

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvf44666

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105257

File Name: cisco-sa-20171129-esa.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 12/14/2017

Updated: 12/20/2019

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-2017-12353

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

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12353

BID: 102002

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20171129-esa

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvf44666