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FKIE_CVE-2015-6285

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-09-14 01:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:30

Severity

Summary

Format string vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) 7.6.0 and 8.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite or service outage) via format string specifiers in an HTTP request, aka Bug ID CSCug21497.

References

URL	Tags
psirt@cisco.com	http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40844	Vendor Advisory
psirt@cisco.com	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033531	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40844	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033531	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	cisco	email_security_appliance	7.6.0
	cisco	email_security_appliance	8.0.0

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CVE-2015-6285 (GCVE-0-2015-6285)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-09-14 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:15

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

cisco mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033531	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Date Public

2015-09-09 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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