cve-2020-3559
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-09-24 17:51
Modified
2024-09-16 16:33
Severity
6.8 (Medium) - cvssV3_0 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Cisco Aironet Access Point Authentication Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
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ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-aironet-dos-h3DCuLXwVendor Advisory
Impacted products
VendorProduct
CiscoCisco Aironet Access Point Software
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