QID 317318

Date Published: 2023-08-09

QID 317318: Cisco Secure Web Appliance Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CSCwd74132)

This vulnerability is due to a missing buffer size check that may result in a heap buffer overflow write. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HFS+ partition file to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device.

Affected Products
Cisco Secure Web Appliance Version 14.5.0-537

The Qid checks for the Vulnerable version of Cisco WSA in the response of "version" command.

A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the ClamAV scanning process, or else crash the process, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 10 severity.
  • Solution

    Customers are advised to refer to CSCwd74132 for more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 317318

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    CSCwd74132 URL Logo bst.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwd74132
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