cve-2018-15388
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-05-03 14:30
Modified
2024-09-16 17:08
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software WebVPN Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-sd-cpu-dosVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
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