SB2016102713 - Denial of service in Cisco Email Security Appliance
Published: October 27, 2016 Updated: April 5, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016102713
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1481)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to cause memory exhaustion on the target system.The weakness is due to insufficient validation if input data. By sending email message with a specially crafted Design (DGN) file attachment, attackers can consume excessive memory during message filtering, causing the process to restart.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may lead to denial of service on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.