CVE-2016-10259 (GCVE-0-2016-10259)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-04-11 14:00
Modified
2024-09-17 01:45
Severity ?
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Summary
Symantec SSL Visibility (SSLV) 3.8.4FC, 3.9, 3.10 before 3.10.4.1, and 3.11 before 3.11.3.1 is susceptible to a denial-of-service vulnerability that impacts the SSL servers for intercepted SSL connections. A malicious SSL client can, under certain circumstances, temporarily exhaust the TCP connection pool of an SSL server.
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Vendor Product Version
Symantec Corporation SSL Visibility Version: 3.8.4FC, 3.9, 3.10 prior to 3.10.4.1, and 3.11 prior to 3.11.3.1
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