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Major Flaw Found In Cisco IOS Devices

Posted by simoniker on from the uh-oh-spaghettios dept.

Joff_NZ writes "CERT has released an advisory regarding a serious flaw in all Cisco routers and switches which run IOS and process IPv4 packets (i.e. pretty much everything), which causes the device to stop processing inbound packets, and so: 'The device must be rebooted to clear the input queue on the interface, and will not reload without user intervention.' There are apparently no known exploits (yet), and Cisco have this advisory with a workaround and available fixes."

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  1. Disclosure of vulnerabilities by losttoy · · Score: 2, Troll

    Notice how both vulnerabilities, from Cisco and Microsoft, were not released to the public first. Instead the public announcement comes after the vendors have the patches.

    Exploits, anybody?

  2. 7200 Series Only! by NormanICE · · Score: 1, Troll

    The title of the document states, and I quote "Cicso 7200 Series Routers..."

    The problem only occurs in the 7200 series router!