CVE-2021-1616
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-23 02:30
Modified
2024-11-07 21:51
Severity ?
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
Cisco IOS XE Software H.323 Application Level Gateway Bypass Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-h323alg-bypass-4vy2MP2QVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software
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