CVE-2016-1440 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2016-1440

The proxy process on Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices...

Vulnerability Description

The proxy process on Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices through 9.1.0-070 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by establishing an FTP session and then improperly terminating the control connection after a file transfer, aka Bug ID CSCuy43468.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

web security appliance
Vulnerable Versions:
5.6.0-623, 6.0.0-000, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.5.0-000, 7.5.0-825, 7.5.1-000, 7.5.2-000, 7.5.2-hp2-303, 7.7.0-000, 7.7.0-608, 7.7.1-000, 7.7.5-835, 8.0.0-000, 8.0.5, 8.0.5_hp1, 8.0.6, 8.0.6-078, 8.0.6-119, 8.0.7, 8.0.7-142, 8.0.8-mr-113, 8.5.0-497, 8.5.0.000, 8.5.1-021, 8.5.2-024, 8.5.2-027, 8.5.3-055, 8.8.0-000, 8.8.0-085, 9.0.0-193, 9.0_base, 9.1.0-000, 9.1.0-070

Timeline

Official Publish: July 2nd, 2016
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.