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Cisco Email Security Appliance Filter Bypass Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
CISCO
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
5 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
A vulnerability in the content scanning engine of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured message or content filters on the device.
Insight
Insight
The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of email message attachments in different formats. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email message with an attachment to the ESA.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.