CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
43.8%
Cisco Email Security Appliance contains a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/h:cisco:email_security_appliance";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105402");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-6309");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_version("2023-07-25T05:05:58+0000");
script_name("Cisco Email Security Appliance Format String Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=41241");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An authenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The vulnerability is due to failure to release file descriptors when the requested file action is completed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition due to the affected device failing to release file descriptors. When all file descriptors are in use, the device can reload unexpectedly.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Cisco Email Security Appliance contains a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Cisco Email Security Appliance 8.5.6-106/9.6.0-042");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-25 05:05:58 +0000 (Tue, 25 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-10-14 14:43:01 +0200 (Wed, 14 Oct 2015)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("CISCO");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_cisco_esa_version.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("cisco_esa/installed");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
if( ! vers = get_app_version( cpe:CPE ) ) exit( 0 );
affected = make_list( "9.6.0-042","8.5.6-106" );
foreach af ( affected )
{
if( vers == af )
{
report = 'Installed version: ' + vers + '\n' +
'Fixed version: See vendor advisory';
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
}
exit( 99 );