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TI-2015-03588 Aliases CVE-2015-4278GHSA-j467-jvch-4wxp

Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices with software 8.5.6-106 and 9.5.0-201 allow…

Priority LOW 23CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices with software 8.5.6-106 and 9.5.0-201 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (per-domain e-mail reception outage) by placing malformed DMARC policy data in DNS TXT records for a domain, aka Bug ID CSCuv14806.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01523 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware:8.5.6-106:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.5.6-106VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware:9.5.0-201:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.5.0-201VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware:8.5.6-106:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.5.6-106 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware:9.5.0-201:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.5.0-201 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-4278
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j467-jvch-4wxp

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2018-11013 Cisco Email Security Appliance Memory Corruption Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2016-05488 Cisco IronPort AsyncOS 9.1.2-023, 9.1.2-028, 9.1.2-036, 9.7.2-046, 9.7.2-047, 9.7.2-054… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-12004 Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software Email Parsing Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-01575 Cisco Email Security Appliance Header Injection Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2014-01669 The End User Safelist/Blocklist (aka SLBL) service in Cisco AsyncOS Software for Email… CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2019-09501 Cisco Email Security Appliance Filter Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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