CVE-2016-1288

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Published Mar 3, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

The HTTPS Proxy feature in Cisco AsyncOS before 8.5.3-051 and 9.x before 9.0.0-485 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service outage) by leveraging certain intranet connectivity and sending a malformed HTTPS request, aka Bug ID CSCuu24840.

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_appliance:9.0.0-193:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:web_security_appliance:8.5.0-497:::::::*

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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-2016-2387	The HTTPS Proxy feature in Cisco AsyncOS before 8.5.3-051 and 9.x before 9.0.0-485 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service outage) by leveraging certain intranet connectivity and sending a malformed HTTPS request, aka Bug ID CSCuu24840.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

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: 1.7% (1.739% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-wsa
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035163

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Cisco Web Security Appliance

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 10:48 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published: Mar 3, 2016, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 10:48 PM
Reserved: Jan 4, 2016, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:41 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 3, 2016, 10:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:41 AM

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