CVE-2016-6437 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) stemming from improper SSL session cache management. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this by causing excessive disk space consumption, leading to performance degradation. With a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, resulting in a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:5.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3.5aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:5.3.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3.5bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:5.3.5b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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