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CVE-2015-6321


Cisco AsyncOS before 8.5.7-042, 9.x before 9.1.0-032, 9.1.x before 9.1.1-023, and 9.5.x and 9.6.x before 9.6.0-042 on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices; before 9.1.0-032, 9.1.1 before 9.1.1-005, and 9.5.x before 9.5.0-025 on Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) devices; and before 7.7.0-725 and 8.x before 8.0.8-113 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of TCP packets, aka Bug IDs CSCus79774, CSCus79777, and CSCzv95795.


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2015-6321 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from cisco, from cisco, from cisco organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2015, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.


Published

2015-11-06T03:59:03.433

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application cisco web_security_appliance 5.6.0-623 Yes
Application cisco web_security_appliance 6.0.0-000 Yes
Application cisco web_security_appliance 7.5.0-000 Yes
Application cisco web_security_appliance 7.5.0-825 Yes
Application cisco web_security_appliance 7.5.1-000 Yes
Application cisco web_security_appliance 7.5.2-000 Yes
Application cisco web_security_appliance 7.7.0-000 Yes
Application cisco web_security_appliance 7.7.1-000 Yes
Application cisco web_security_appliance 8.0.0-000 Yes
Application cisco web_security_appliance 8.5.0.000 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 7.8.0-328 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 7.8.1-001 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 7.9.0-201 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 7.9.2-116 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 8.0.1-031 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 8.1.0-001 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 8.1.1-033 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 8.1.2-000 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 8.2.0-238 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 8.3.0-350 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 8.3.5-061 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 8.3.6-014 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 8.3.7-010 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 8.4.0-150 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 9.0.0-073 Yes
Application cisco content_security_management_appliance 9.1.0-004 Yes
Application cisco email_security_appliance 7.6.1-000 Yes
Application cisco email_security_appliance 7.6.3-000 Yes
Application cisco email_security_appliance 7.7.0-000 Yes
Application cisco email_security_appliance 7.7.1-000 Yes
Application cisco email_security_appliance 7.8.0-311 Yes
Application cisco email_security_appliance 8.5.6-052 Yes
Application cisco email_security_appliance 8.6.0-011 Yes
Application cisco email_security_appliance 8.9.1-000 Yes
Application cisco email_security_appliance 8.9.2-032 Yes
Application cisco email_security_appliance 9.0.0-212 Yes
Application cisco email_security_appliance 9.0.5-000 Yes
Application cisco email_security_appliance 9.1.0-011 Yes
Application cisco email_security_appliance 9.4.4-000 Yes
Application cisco email_security_appliance 9.5.0-000 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For cisco's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.