CVE-2015-6290 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Cisco WEB Security Virtual Appliance

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer4 documents4 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 34.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Cisco WEB Security Virtual Appliance
Timeline
PublishedSep 14
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 8.0.7 allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption from stale TCP connections) via crafted responses, aka Bug ID CSCuw10426.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h7qw-5c46-g9j3: Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 8↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2015-6290: Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 8↗2015-09-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco Web Security Appliance Malformed HTTP Response Denial of Service Vulnerability↗2015-09-09
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CVE-2015-6290 — Cisco vulnerability | cvebase