CVE-2016-6437 (GCVE-0-2016-6437)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-10-27 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:29
Severity ?
CWE
  • unspecified
Summary
A vulnerability in the SSL session cache management of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to high consumption of disk space. The user would see a performance degradation. More Information: CSCva03095. Known Affected Releases: 5.3(5), 6.1(1), 6.2(1). Known Fixed Releases: 5.3(5g)1, 6.2(2.32).
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) before 5.3(5g)1 and 6.x before 6.2(2.32) Version: Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) before 5.3(5g)1 and 6.x before 6.2(2.32)
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