Vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware (CVE-2017-3818)
Summary
Vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware (CVE-2017-3818). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A vulnerability in the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) scanner of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured user filters on the device, aka a Malformed MIME Header Filtering Bypass. This vulnerability affects all releases prior to the first fixed release of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances, both virtual and hardware appliances, if the software is configured to apply a message filter or content filter to incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCvb65245. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 9.8.0-092.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-3818 has been found in Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware CVE-2017-3818" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-3818 (Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware) — CWE-20 / CVSS v3 5.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-20) exists in Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.8/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- patch tools.cisco.com
- web securitytracker.com