CVE-2017-12215

Description

A vulnerability in the email message filtering feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for the Cisco Email Security Appliance could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to run out of memory and stop scanning and forwarding email messages. When system memory is depleted, it can cause the filtering process to crash, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on the device. This vulnerability affects software version 9.0 through 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. The vulnerability is not limited to any specific rules or actions for a message filter or content filter. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd29354.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.1

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.89

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Cisco Email Security Appliance Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliance Software	NCM
Improper Input Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2017-12215)	NCM

Patch Details

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Patch ID	Patch Description
PATCH-1706003	Security Update for Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliance Software 9.7.2-131

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234