CVE-2020-3132 vulnerability in Cisco Products
Published on February 19, 2020
Cisco Email Security Appliance Shortened URL Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2020-3132 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-3132
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Affected Versions
Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA):- Version unspecified and below n/a is affected.
Exploit Probability
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