Vulnerability in Cisco Wide Area Application Services
CVE-2016-6437
A vulnerability in the SSL session cache management of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to high consumption of disk space. The user would see a performance degradation. More Information: CSCva03095. Known Affected Releases: 5.3(5), 6.1(1), 6.2(1). Known Fixed Releases: 5.3(5g)1, 6.2(2.32).
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Wide Area Application Services — versions 5.3.1, 5.3.3, 5.3.5
- Cisco Wide Area Application Services (Waas) Before 5.3(5g)1 And 6.x 6.2(2.32) — versions Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) before 5.3(5g)1 and 6.x before 6.2(2.32)
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037002 (vdb-entry)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161012… (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93524 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-6437?
- CVE-2016-6437 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Wide Area Application Services, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-10-27.
- How severe is CVE-2016-6437?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.