CVE-2016-6416 (GCVE-0-2016-6416)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-10-05 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:29
VLAI
Summary
The FTP service in Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices 9.6.0-000 through 9.9.6-026, Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices 9.0.0-162 through 9.5.0-444, and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of FTP traffic, aka Bug IDs CSCuz82907, CSCuz84330, and CSCuz86065.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036915 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93198 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036916 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/Ci… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036917 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2016-09-28 00:00
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