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CVE-2019-1905

Published: Jun 20, 2019

Modified: Nov 19, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

5.8

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)

affected
12.0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

108856
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