SonicWall has released a security update for a critical vulnerability in Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 Series appliances. This vulnerability impacts the Appliance Management Console (AMC) and Central Management Console (CMC).
SonicWall Secure Mobile Access is described as a unified secure access gateway that provides a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) virtual private network (VPN), context-aware device authorisation, application level VPN, and advanced authentication with federated single sign-on (SSO) for cloud and on-premises resources.
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