CVE-2020-3132

Description

A vulnerability in the email message scanning feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a temporary denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to inadequate parsing mechanisms for specific email body components. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious email containing a high number of shortened URLs through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to consume processing resources, causing a DoS condition on an affected device. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, certain conditions beyond the control of the attacker must occur.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.9

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.92

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Cisco Email Security Appliance Shortened URL Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliance Software	NCM
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3132)	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