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FKIE_CVE-2016-6357

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-10-28 10:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:50

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

A vulnerability in the configured security policies, including drop email filtering, in Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured drop filter by using an email with a corrupted attachment. More Information: CSCuz01651. Known Affected Releases: 10.0.9-015 9.7.1-066 9.9.6-026.

References

URL	Tags
psirt@cisco.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93909
psirt@cisco.com	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037114
psirt@cisco.com	https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esa5	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93909
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037114
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esa5	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	cisco	email_security_appliance	9.7.1-066
	cisco	email_security_appliance	9.9.6-026

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CVE-2016-6357 (GCVE-0-2016-6357)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-10-28 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:29

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

unspecified

Assigner

cisco mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/C…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93909	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037114	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Cisco AsyncOS through 9.9.6-026	Affected: Cisco AsyncOS through 9.9.6-026

Date Public

2016-10-28 00:00

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