CVE-2019-1905
Cisco Email Security Appliance GZIP Content Filter Bypass Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.8 Medium
- Published
- Jun 20, 2019
- Updated
- Nov 19, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 6, 2018
Description
A vulnerability in the GZIP decompression engine of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured content filters on the device. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of GZIP-formatted files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious file inside a crafted GZIP-compressed file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured content filters that would normally drop the email.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 5.8 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N | cisco |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)Cisco |
|
References
- 20190619 Cisco Email Security Appliance GZIP Content Filter Bypass Vulnerabilityvendor-advisory
- 108856vdb-entry
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