CVE-2016-6437

MEDIUM

Cisco WAAS - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

A vulnerability in the SSL session cache management of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to high consumption of disk space. The user would see a performance degradation. More Information: CSCva03095. Known Affected Releases: 5.3(5), 6.1(1), 6.2(1). Known Fixed Releases: 5.3(5g)1, 6.2(2.32).

References (3)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037002

[Vendor Advisory] https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161012-waas

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93524

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0071

EPSS Percentile 72.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-399

Status published

Affected Products (14)

cisco/wide_area_application_services

n/a/Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) before 5.3(5g)1 and 6.x before 6.2(2.32) < Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) before 5.3(5g)1 and 6.x before 6.2(2.32)

Timeline

Published Oct 27, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026