Cisco Email Security Appliance Zip Decompression Engine Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2020-3134

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Cisco Email Security Appliance (esa)
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 January 2020

Summary

A vulnerability in the zip decompression engine of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of zip files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an email message with a crafted zip-compressed attachment. A successful exploit could trigger a restart of the content-scanning process, causing a temporary DoS condition. This vulnerability affects Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco ESA releases earlier than 13.0.

Affected Version(s)

Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) earlier than 13.0

References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecu...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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