CVE-2020-3416
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-09-24 18:01
Modified
2024-09-16 20:47
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco ASR 900 Series Route Switch Processor 3 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-rsp3-rce-jVHg8Z7cVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software
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