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CVE-2014-7968 (GCVE-0-2014-7968)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-10-22 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:03
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Summary
VDSM allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection blocking) by keeping an SSL connection open.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2014-10-08 00:00
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