cisco-sa-20161207-wsa
Cisco Web Security Appliance HTTP URL Denial of Service Vulnerability
Medium · Updated · Cisco
1 product with CSAF evidence
A vulnerability in HTTP URL parsing of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability due to the proxy process unexpectedly restarting. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of the HTTP URL string. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition due to the proxy process restarting. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
| Product | CVE |
|---|---|
| Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) | CVE-2016-6469 |