A vulnerability in the anti-spam scanner of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the anti-spam functionality of the ESA.
The vulnerability is due to improper error handling of a malformed packet in the anti-spam scanner. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted DNS Sender Policy Framework (SPF) text record. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the anti-spam scanner and generate a malformed packet alert.
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that mitigate this vulnerability.
This advisory is available at the following link:
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
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cisco email security appliance (esa) | eq | any | |
cisco email security appliance (esa) | eq | any |