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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106293
Category:CISCO
Title:Cisco Email Security Appliance File Transfer Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary:A vulnerability in the local File Transfer Protocol (FTP) service on the;Cisco AsyncOS for Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a;denial of service (DoS) condition.
Description:Summary:
A vulnerability in the local File Transfer Protocol (FTP) service on the
Cisco AsyncOS for Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a
denial of service (DoS) condition.

Vulnerability Insight:
The vulnerability is due to lack of throttling of FTP connections. An
attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a flood of FTP traffic to the local FTP service on the
targeted device.

Vulnerability Impact:
An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition.

Solution:
The vulnerability is fixed, please see the referenced advisory for more details.

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6416
BugTraq ID: 93198
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93198
Cisco Security Advisory: 20160928 Cisco AsyncOS File Transfer Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-aos
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036915
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036916
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036917
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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