Cisco Email Security Appliance Information Disclosure (cisco-sa-cnt-sec-infodiscl-BVKKnUG)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167051

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Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Email Security Appliance is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to retrieve sensitive information from an affected device, including user credentials.

This vulnerability is due to weak enforcement of back-end authorization checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain confidential data that is stored on the affected device.

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

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwc43102

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167051

File Name: cisco-sa-esa-infodiscl-BVKKnUG.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/7/2022

Updated: 9/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-20942

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:/o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware, 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: 11/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-20942

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-cnt-sec-infodiscl-BVKKnUG

IAVA: 2022-A-0463-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwc43102

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