cve-2019-1729
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-05-15 16:45
Modified
2024-09-17 01:02
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Cisco NX-OS Software Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108378Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190515-nxos-file-writeVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software
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