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CVE-2017-6721

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.3)—

A vulnerability in the ingress processing of fragmented TCP packets by Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the WAASNET process to restart unexpectedly, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition. More Information: CSCvc57428. Known Affected Releases: 6.3(1). Known Fixed Releases: 6.3(0.143) 6.2(3c)6 6.2(3.22).

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Cisco — Wide Area Application Services

CWEs

References

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