Cisco Email Security Appliance Content Filter Bypass Vulnerability (CSCvq66135)

high Nessus Plugin ID 134053

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) is affected by an input-validation flaw related to the email message filtering feature that allows further attacks by allowing malicious content to pass through the device.

Please see the included Cisco BID and Cisco Security Advisory for more information

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvq66135

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c1e5404f

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvq66135

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 134053

File Name: cisco-sa-esa-bypass-5Cdv2HMA.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 2/26/2020

Updated: 6/3/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3133

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Email Security Appliance/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3133

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-esa-bypass-5Cdv2HMA

IAVA: 2019-A-0368-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvq66135