CVE-2016-6356

CVSS V2 High 7.8 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
A vulnerability in the email message filtering feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to stop scanning and forwarding email messages due to a denial of service (DoS) condition. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects all releases prior to the first fixed release of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances, both virtual and hardware appliances, if the software is configured to apply a message filter or content filter to incoming email attachments. The vulnerability is not limited to any specific rules or actions for a message filter or content filter. More Information: CSCuz63143. Known Affected Releases: 8.5.7-042 9.7.0-125. Known Fixed Releases: 10.0.0-125 9.1.1-038 9.7.2-047.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6356
  • Assigner
  • ykramarz@cisco.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-10-28T10:59:06
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-07-29T01:34:17
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:3.3.1-09:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.5.2-201:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.6.1-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.6.1-gpl-022:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.6.3-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.6.3-025:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.7.0-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.7.1-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.8.0-311:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.0.1-023:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.0_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.0-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.0-er1-198:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-052:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-073:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-074:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-106:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-113:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.7-042:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.6.0-011:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.1-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.2-032:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.0-212:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.0-461:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.5-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.1.0-011:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.1.0-032:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.1.0-101:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.4.4-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.5.0-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.5.0-201:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.6.0-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.6.0-042:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.6.0-051:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.7.0-125:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.7.1-066:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esa3 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93907
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037122
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6356
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6356
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:11:11 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:54:39 psirt@cisco.com ykramarz@cisco.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-02 11:54:39 2016-10-28T10:59Z 2016-10-28T10:59:06 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:54:39 2017-07-29T01:34:17 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:54:39 Modified Vulnerability Status updated