CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-1905

5.8 MEDIUM Published 2019-06-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-06-20
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

A vulnerability in the GZIP decompression engine of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured content filters on the device. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of GZIP-formatted files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious file inside a crafted GZIP-compressed file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured content filters that would normally drop the email.

Affected configurations

• cisco email security appliance 11.1.2 • cisco email security appliance 12.0.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References