CVE-2021-1516
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-05-06 12:51
Modified
2024-11-08 23:16
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
Cisco Content Security Management Appliance, Email Security Appliance, and Web Security Appliance Information Disclosure Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-wsa-sma-info-gY2AEz2HVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Web Security Appliance (WSA)
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