CVE-2021-1523
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-25 19:10
Modified
2024-11-07 22:03
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode Queue Wedge Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-n9kaci-queue-wedge-cLDDEfKFVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode
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