CVE-2016-1288
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.017 · 78 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The HTTPS Proxy feature in Cisco AsyncOS before 8.5.3-051 and 9.x before 9.0.0-485 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service outage) by leveraging certain intranet connectivity and sending a malformed HTTPS request, aka Bug ID CSCuu24840.
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affected products (3)
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references (5)
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- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-wsacnnvd
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-wsaenisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035163enisa_euvd
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-wsaVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035163nvd
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