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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106455
Category:CISCO
Title:Cisco Web Security Appliance HTTP URL Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary:A vulnerability in HTTP URL parsing of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Web Security;Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability;due to the proxy process unexpectedly restarting.
Description:Summary:
A vulnerability in HTTP URL parsing of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Web Security
Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability
due to the proxy process unexpectedly restarting.

Vulnerability Insight:
The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of the HTTP URL string.
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected device.

Vulnerability Impact:
An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition due to the proxy
process restarting.

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-2016-6469
BugTraq ID: 94775
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94775
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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