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CVE-2016-6358 (GCVE-0-2016-6358)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-10-28 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:29
VLAI
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. More Information: CSCux68539. Known Affected Releases: 9.1.0-032 9.7.1-000. Known Fixed Releases: 9.1.1-038.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • unspecified
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/C… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93905 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) through 9.7.1-000 Affected: Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) through 9.7.1-000
Date Public
2016-10-28 00:00
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