CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
Percentile
51.4%
According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) is affected by a Denial of Service vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of specific HTTP request headers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a prolonged status of high CPU utilization relative to the GUI process(es).
Please see the included Cisco BIDs and the Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
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##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(134444);
script_version("1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/10/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-3164");
script_xref(name:"CISCO-BUG-ID", value:"CSCvq96943");
script_xref(name:"CISCO-BUG-ID", value:"CSCvs33296");
script_xref(name:"CISCO-BUG-ID", value:"CSCvs33306");
script_xref(name:"CISCO-SA", value:"cisco-sa-cont-sec-gui-dos-nJ625dXb");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2020-A-0100");
script_name(english:"Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) GUI Denial of Service Vulnerability");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) is affected by a Denial of Service
vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of specific HTTP request headers. An attacker could
exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could
allow the attacker to trigger a prolonged status of high CPU utilization relative to the GUI process(es).
Please see the included Cisco BIDs and the Cisco Security Advisory for more information.");
# https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cont-sec-gui-dos-nJ625dXb
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bded73ef");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvq96943");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvs33296");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvs33306");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco Security Advisory
cisco-sa-cont-sec-gui-dos-nJ625dXb.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-3164");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/03/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/03/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/03/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:cisco:email_security_appliance_(esa)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"CISCO");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("cisco_esa_version.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Email Security Appliance/Version");
exit(0);
}
include('ccf.inc');
var product_info = cisco::get_product_info(name:'Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)');
# Cisco ESA 13.0.0-392 and earlier
var vuln_ranges = [{'min_ver': '0.0', 'fix_ver': '13.0.0.393'}];
var reporting = make_array(
'port' , 0,
'severity' , SECURITY_WARNING,
'version' , product_info['version'],
'bug_id' , 'CSCvs33296',
'fix' , '13.0.0-393',
'disable_caveat', TRUE
);
cisco::check_and_report(
product_info:product_info,
reporting:reporting,
vuln_ranges:vuln_ranges
);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
Percentile
51.4%