cisco-sa-20161026-esa5
Cisco Email Security Appliance Drop Bypass Vulnerability
Medium · Updated · Cisco
1 product with CSAF evidence
A vulnerability in the configured security policies, including drop email filtering, in Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured drop filter by using an email with a corrupted attachment. The vulnerability is due to improper error handling. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an email message with a corrupted attachment. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass a configured drop filter. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
| Product | CVE |
|---|---|
| Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) | CVE-2016-6357 |