CVE-2015-6287

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-09-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 8.0.6-078 and 8.0.6-115 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service outage) via a flood of TCP traffic that leads to DNS resolution delays, aka Bug IDs CSCur32005 and CSCur07907.

Affected products

Cisco Web Security Virtual Appliance: 8.0.5, 8.0.6, 8.0_base

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40846
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76677
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033529
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40846
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76677
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033529

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