Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Cisco Email Security Appliance Filter Bypass Vulnerability

Medium
Advisory ID:
cisco-sa-20190501-esa-bypass
First Published:
2019 May 1 16:00 GMT
Version 1.0:
Workarounds:
No workarounds available
Cisco Bug IDs:
CVE-2019-1844
CWE-20
CVSS Score:
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
CVE-2019-1844
CWE-20

Summary

  • A vulnerability in certain attachment detection mechanisms of the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the filtering functionality of an affected device.

    The vulnerability is due to improper detection of certain content sent to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending certain file types without Content-Disposition information to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to send messages that contain malicious content to users.

    There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

    This advisory is available at the following link:
    https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-esa-bypass

Affected Products

  • Vulnerable Products

    This vulnerability affects the Cisco ESA. For information about affected software releases, consult the Cisco bug IDs at the top of this advisory.

    Products Confirmed Not Vulnerable

    Only products listed in the Vulnerable Products section of this advisory are known to be affected by this vulnerability.

Workarounds

  • There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Fixed Software

  • For information about fixed software releases, consult the Cisco bug ID(s) at the top of this advisory.

    When considering software upgrades, customers are advised to regularly consult the advisories for Cisco products, which are available from the Cisco Security Advisories and Alerts page, to determine exposure and a complete upgrade solution.

    In all cases, customers should ensure that the devices to be upgraded contain sufficient memory and confirm that current hardware and software configurations will continue to be supported properly by the new release. If the information is not clear, customers are advised to contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) or their contracted maintenance providers.

Exploitation and Public Announcements

  • The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.

Source

  • This vulnerability was found during internal security testing.

Cisco Security Vulnerability Policy

  • To learn about Cisco security vulnerability disclosure policies and publications, see the Security Vulnerability Policy. This document also contains instructions for obtaining fixed software and receiving security vulnerability information from Cisco.

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Revision History

  • Version Description Section Status Date
    1.0 Initial public release. Final 2019-May-01
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from Cisco Security Advisory http://bit.ly/2UP0iu9

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