VAR-201702-0786
Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-04-20 23:26A vulnerability in the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) scanner of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured user filters on the device, aka a Malformed MIME Header Filtering Bypass. This vulnerability affects all releases prior to the first fixed release of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances, both virtual and hardware appliances, if the software is configured to apply a message filter or content filter to incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCvb65245. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 9.8.0-092. This vulnerability " Malformed MIME Avoid header filtering (Malformed MIME Header Filtering Bypass)" It is called. CiscoAsyncOSSoftwarefor CiscoEmailSecurityAppliances (ESA) is a set of operating systems used by Cisco Systems in the Email Security Appliance (ESA). An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions. This may aid in further attacks. This issue is being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCvb65245
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