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CVE-2015-6357 (GCVE-0-2015-6357)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-18 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:22
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Summary
The rule-update feature in Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center (MC) 5.2 through 5.4.0.1 does not verify the X.509 certificate of the support.sourcefire.com SSL server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof this server and provide an invalid package, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a crafted certificate, aka Bug ID CSCuw06444.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-11-16 00:00
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