cve-2021-1566
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-06-16 17:45
Modified
2024-11-07 22:08
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Web Security Appliance Certificate Validation Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-wsa-cert-vali-n8L97RWVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Web Security Appliance (WSA)
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