CVE-2020-27121
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-11-06 18:15
Modified
2024-09-17 03:03
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-imp-dos-uTx2dqu2Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service
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