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VAR-201611-0171

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A vulnerability in the email filtering functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) filters that are configured for an affected device. This vulnerability affects all releases prior to the first fixed release of Cisco AsyncOS Software for both virtual and hardware versions of Cisco Email Security Appliances, if the AMP feature is configured to scan incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCva13456. Known Affected Releases: 10.0.0-082 10.0.0-125 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 10.0.0-203 9.7.2-131. The device provides spam protection, email encryption, and data loss prevention. CiscoEmailSecurityAppliance has a security bypass vulnerability that an attacker can use to bypass security restrictions and perform unauthorized operations. This may aid in further attacks. This issue is being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCva13456

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CVE-2016-6462 (GCVE-0-2016-6462)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-11-19 02:45 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:29

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

unspecified

Assigner

cisco CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 66/100 over 377 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/C…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037307	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94360	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Cisco AsyncOS 9.7.1-066 through 10.0.0-125	Affected: Cisco AsyncOS 9.7.1-066 through 10.0.0-125

Date Public

2016-11-18 00:00

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