TI-2017-09032 Aliases CVE-2017-12256 GHSA-7fgg-2gf2-8rv5

Resource management flaw in Cisco Wide Area Application Services

LOW 32CWE-399Published 2017-10-05 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A vulnerability in the Akamai Connect feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to certain file-handling inefficiencies of the affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by directing client systems to access a corrupted file that the client systems cannot decompress correctly. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to crash or hang unexpectedly and result in a DoS condition that may require manual intervention to regain normal operating conditions. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve82472.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01421 72nd 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	Cisco Wide Area Application Services	Cisco Wide Area Application Services	—	No fix listed	CNA

Cisco Wide Area Application Services Vendor— Affected Cisco Wide Area Application Services Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	Cisco

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-12256
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7fgg-2gf2-8rv5

References

Advisory 1

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171004-waas

TI-2013-03008 The web service framework in Cisco WAAS Software 4.x and 5.x before 5.0.3e, 5.1.x before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2013-03009 The web framework in Cisco WAAS Software before 4.x and 5.x before 5.0.3e, 5.1.x before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
TI-2014-01739 Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) 5.1.1 before 5.1.1e, when SharePoint prefetch… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2007-03800 The Common Internet File System (CIFS) optimization in Cisco Wide Area Application… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2015-05404 cifs-ao in the CIFS optimization functionality on Cisco Wide Area Application Service… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2018-00288 Hard-coded credentials in Cisco Wide Area Application Services unknown CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3

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Sources

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