CVE-2020-3132

Medium

Description

A vulnerability in the email message scanning feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a temporary denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to inadequate parsing mechanisms for specific email body components. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious email containing a high number of shortened URLs through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to consume processing resources, causing a DoS condition on an affected device. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, certain conditions beyond the control of the attacker must occur.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductCisco Email Security Appliance
PublishedFeb 19, 2020
First seenFeb 19, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • cisco email_security_appliance12.5.1-037, 13.0.0-375 or later
  • cisco cloud_email_security12.5.1-037, 13.0.0-375 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cisco email_security_appliancev < 12.5.1-037, v < 13.0.0-37512.5.1-037, 13.0.0-375
cisco cloud_email_securityv < 12.5.1-037, v < 13.0.0-37512.5.1-037, 13.0.0-375

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