Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-1486 (CCN-118367)

Assigned:2016-10-26
Published:2016-10-26
Updated:2017-07-29
Summary:A vulnerability in the email attachment scanning functionality of the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to stop scanning and forwarding email messages due to a denial of service (DoS) condition. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects Cisco AsyncOS Software releases 9.7.1 and later, prior to the first fixed release, for both virtual and hardware Cisco Email Security Appliances, if the AMP feature is configured to scan incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCuy99453. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 10.0.0-125 9.7.1-207 9.7.2-047.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-19
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-1486

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
93906

Source: CCN
Type: BID-93906
Cisco AsyncOS CVE-2016-1486 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1037124

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
cisco-cve20161486-dos(118367)

Source: CCN
Type: Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20161026-esa2
Cisco Email Security Appliance Advanced Malware Protection Attachment Scanning Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esa2

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.0-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.0-er1-198:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-052:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-073:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-074:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-106:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-113:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.7-042:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.6.0-011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.1-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.2-032:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.0-212:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.0-461:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.5-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.1.0-011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.1.0-032:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.1.0-101:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.1.1-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.4.4-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.5.0-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.5.0-201:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.6.0-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.6.0-042:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.6.0-051:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.7.0-125:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    cisco email security appliance 8.5.0-000
    cisco email security appliance 8.5.0-er1-198
    cisco email security appliance 8.5.6-052
    cisco email security appliance 8.5.6-073
    cisco email security appliance 8.5.6-074
    cisco email security appliance 8.5.6-106
    cisco email security appliance 8.5.6-113
    cisco email security appliance 8.5.7-042
    cisco email security appliance 8.6.0
    cisco email security appliance 8.6.0-011
    cisco email security appliance 8.9.0
    cisco email security appliance 8.9.1-000
    cisco email security appliance 8.9.2-032
    cisco email security appliance 9.0.0
    cisco email security appliance 9.0.0-212
    cisco email security appliance 9.0.0-461
    cisco email security appliance 9.0.5-000
    cisco email security appliance 9.1.0
    cisco email security appliance 9.1.0-011
    cisco email security appliance 9.1.0-032
    cisco email security appliance 9.1.0-101
    cisco email security appliance 9.1.1-000
    cisco email security appliance 9.4.0
    cisco email security appliance 9.4.4-000
    cisco email security appliance 9.5.0-000
    cisco email security appliance 9.5.0-201
    cisco email security appliance 9.6.0-000
    cisco email security appliance 9.6.0-042
    cisco email security appliance 9.6.0-051
    cisco email security appliance 9.7.0-125