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CVE-2020-29478 (GCVE-0-2020-29478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-05 17:24 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:55
VLAI
Summary
CA Service Catalog 17.2 and 17.3 contain a vulnerability in the default configuration of the Setup Utility that may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-258 - Empty Password in Configuration File
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
CA Technologies, A Broadcom Company CA Service Catalog Affected: 17.2
Affected: 17.3
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