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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.140024
Category:CISCO
Title:Cisco Email Security Appliance FTP Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary:A vulnerability in local FTP to the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an; unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition when the FTP; application unexpectedly quits.;; The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of user-supplied fields when logging in using; FTP. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by opening an FTP connection to the targeted; device and crafting user-supplied parameters. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a; partial DoS condition when the FTP process unexpectedly quits. This vulnerability does not impact; other user traffic.;; Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that; address this vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
A vulnerability in local FTP to the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an
unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition when the FTP
application unexpectedly quits.

The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of user-supplied fields when logging in using
FTP. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by opening an FTP connection to the targeted
device and crafting user-supplied parameters. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a
partial DoS condition when the FTP process unexpectedly quits. This vulnerability does not impact
other user traffic.

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that
address this vulnerability.

Solution:
See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6358
BugTraq ID: 93905
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93905
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037115
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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