CVE-2021-1439
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-03-24 20:05
Modified
2024-11-08 23:35
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Cisco Aironet Access Points FlexConnect Multicast DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-aironet-mdns-dos-E6KwYuMxVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Aironet Access Point Software (IOS XE Controller)
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