CVE-2020-3436
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-21 18:36
Modified
2024-09-17 02:06
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services File Upload Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-fileup-dos-zvC7wtysVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
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