Cisco Email Security Appliance Information Disclosure (cisco-sa-esa-wsa-sma-info-gY2AEz2H)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 149844

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information on an affected device. The vulnerability exists because confidential information is included in HTTP requests that are exchanged between the user and the device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by looking at the raw HTTP requests that are sent to the interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain some of the passwords that are configured throughout the interface.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCvv98333, CSCvv98363, CSCvv98379, CSCvv98401, CSCvv98422, CSCvv98448, CSCvv99117, CSCvv99534, CSCvw03419, CSCvw03505, CSCvw04276, CSCvw35465, CSCvw36748

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 149844

File Name: cisco-sa-esa-wsa-sma-info-gY2AEz2H.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 5/21/2021

Updated: 9/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-1516

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-1516

CWE: 540

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-esa-wsa-sma-info-gY2AEz2H

IAVA: 2021-A-0244-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvv98333, CSCvv98363, CSCvv98379, CSCvv98401, CSCvv98422, CSCvv98448, CSCvv99117, CSCvv99534, CSCvw03419, CSCvw03505, CSCvw04276, CSCvw35465, CSCvw36748

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