CVE-2016-6469 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) due to improper HTTP URL parsing. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this to cause the proxy process to restart, leading to service disruption. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, impacting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0.1-162CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:9.0.1-162:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1.1-074CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:9.1.1-074:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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