cve-2020-3449
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-08-17 18:00
Modified
2024-09-16 17:17
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - cvssV3_1 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
Cisco IOS XR Software Additional Paths Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
SourceURLTags
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-bgp-ErKEqAerVendor Advisory
Impacted products
VendorProduct
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software
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