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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106855
Category:CISCO
Title:Cisco Email Security Appliance Attachment Filter Bypass Vulnerability
Summary:A vulnerability in the email message scanning of Cisco AsyncOS Software for;Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured filters;on the device.
Description:Summary:
A vulnerability in the email message scanning of Cisco AsyncOS Software for
Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured filters
on the device.

Vulnerability Insight:
The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of an email with an
attachment and modified Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) header. An attacker could exploit this
vulnerability by sending a malformed email message with an attachment.

Vulnerability Impact:
A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured message
filters to drop the email. The email may not be RFC compliant. However, some mail clients could still allow users
to read the email, which may not have been properly filtered by the device.

Solution:
See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-6671
BugTraq ID: 98969
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98969
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038635
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