CVE-2021-34781
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-27 18:55
Modified
2024-11-07 21:46
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 Firepower Threat Defense Software SSH Connections Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-dos-rUDseW3rVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
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