CVE-2015-6293 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices running specific AsyncOS versions. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by sending multiple file-range requests, leading to excessive memory consumption and system unavailability. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0.0-000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:8.0.0-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:8.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:8.0.5:hp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:8.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.6-078CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:8.0.6-078:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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