CVE-2020-3255
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-05-06 16:41
Modified
2024-09-16 23:56
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Packet Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-dos-N2vQZASRVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
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