cve-2021-40117
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-27 00:00
Modified
2024-08-04 02:27
Severity
8.6 (High) - cvssV3_1 - CVSS:3.1/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 SSL/TLS Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
SourceURLTags
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-dos-4ygzLKU9Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
VendorProduct
CiscoCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
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