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.

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…

EPSS: 0.017 (75.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Cisco Wide_area_application_services — versions 5.3.1, 5.3.3, 5.3.5
N/a 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)

CWE-399

References

psirt@cisco.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

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.