CVE-2020-3455
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-21 18:36
Modified
2024-11-13 17:48
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Cisco FXOS Software for Firepower 4100/9300 Series Appliances Secure Boot Bypass Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fxos-sbbp-XTuPkYTnPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (FXOS)
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