CVE-2019-1955 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-1955: Cisco Email Security Appliance Header Injection Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published August 8, 2019
Last update November 19, 2024

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured user filters on the device. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input and validation checking mechanisms for certain SPF messages that are sent to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a customized SPF packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the header filters that are configured for the affected device, which could allow malicious content to pass through the device.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 8, 2019 CVE published
November 19, 2024 Record updated