CVE-2015-4288: cisco content_security_management_appliance Cryptographic Issues

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-4288 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in cisco content_security_management_appliance. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 29-07-2015
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The LDAP implementation on the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 8.5.0-000, Email Security Appliance (ESA) 8.5.7-042, and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) 8.3.6-048 does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate, aka Bug IDs CSCuo29561, CSCuv40466, and CSCuv40470.

• CWE-310Cryptographic IssuesWeaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.