CVE-2020-3164

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA), Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA), and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause high CPU usage on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of specific HTTP request headers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a prolonged status of high CPU utilization relative to the GUI process(es). Upon successful exploitation of this vulnerability, an affected device will still be operative, but its response time and overall performance may be degraded.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cont-sec-gui-dos-nJ625dXb	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:cloud_email_security::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:content_security_management_appliance::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-03-04 19:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:13

NVD link : CVE-2020-3164

Mitre link : CVE-2020-3164

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-3164

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Products Affected

cisco

content_security_management_appliance
web_security_appliance
email_security_appliance
cloud_email_security

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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