CVE-2016-6469 (GCVE-0-2016-6469)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-14 00:37 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:29
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Summary
A vulnerability in HTTP URL parsing of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability due to the proxy process unexpectedly restarting. More Information: CSCvb04312. Known Affected Releases: 9.0.1-162 9.1.1-074. Known Fixed Releases: 10.1.0-129 9.1.2-010.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • unspecified
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) Affected: Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA)
Date Public
2016-12-13 00:00
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