Cisco Email Security Appliance URL Filtering Bypass (cisco-sa-esa-url-bypass-zZtugtg3)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 141352

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 a URL filtering bypass vulnerability in Cisco AsyncOS Software. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by crafting a URL in a particular way, to bypass URL reputation filters and allow malicious URLs to pass through the device.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCvu50941 and CSCvu53078.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?75b266f6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 141352

File Name: cisco-sa-esa-url-bypass-zZtugtg3.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/9/2020

Updated: 6/3/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.6

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-2020-3568

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/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: 10/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3568

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-esa-url-bypass-zZtugtg3

IAVA: 2020-A-0447-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvu50941, CSCvu53078