CVE-2015-6287

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Published Sep 14, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 8.0.6-078 and 8.0.6-115 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service outage) via a flood of TCP traffic that leads to DNS resolution delays, aka Bug IDs CSCur32005 and CSCur07907.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:8.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:8.0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:8.0_base:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-6229	Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 8.0.6-078 and 8.0.6-115 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service outage) via a flood of TCP traffic that leads to DNS resolution delays, aka Bug IDs CSCur32005 and CSCur07907.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.0% (2.037% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40846
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76677
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033529

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Web Security Virtual Appliance

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 7:15 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published: Sep 14, 2015, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 7:15 AM
Reserved: Aug 17, 2015, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:30 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 14, 2015, 1:59 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:30 AM

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