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Malformed Packet Causes Cisco Router DoS

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oops-they-did-it-again dept.

MoreBeer writes "Patch 'em if you've got 'em... Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco IOS Malformed OSPF Packet Causes Reload states that a malformed OSPF packet can cause a router 'reload' (reboot). Vulnerable IOS versions include 12.0S, 12.2, and 12.3 ... If you're not screening OSPF at your perimeter and using OSPF Authentication, now would be a GREAT time to start."

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  1. Yeah, I better get things patched by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Before someone has a chance to reset my r

    1. Re:Yeah, I better get things patched by rwiedower · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...outer. Whew. It's a good thing that man-in-the-middle-attack is working like a charm now.

  2. LessBeer by riptide_dot · · Score: 2, Funny

    Kinda old news actually - the article posted @ 15:00GMT, which is 8:00am my time. But I drank too much beer last night so I wasn't awake...:)

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    I was in the park the other day wondering why frisbees get bigger and bigger the closer they get - and then it hit me.
  3. Ha Ha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    All your routers are belong to us.

  4. How could that happen? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Don't problems like this only happen to Microsoft?

  5. Bleh by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    Patch 'em if you've got 'em...

    What a crock of shit. Everybody knows Cisco boxes are no route to host

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
    1. Re:Bleh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hahaha LO^^^^}}}}}}&..=3R"}'}'[NO CARRIER]

  6. In other news, by mobby_6kl · · Score: 3, Funny

    Malformed color scheme Causes Eyes to Bleed

    "Slashdot Security Advisory: Slashdot Color Scheme states that a malformed IT Color Scheme can cause a eyes to 'bleed' (fall out). Vulnerable /. sections include IT and Games. If you're not already using a /. deuglifyer, you should use the fix provided here."

  7. The Mysterious Cisco TAC ... Revealed! by twigles · · Score: 2, Funny

    TAC is a little shell script that pretends to correspond with you a little bit, then tells you to upgrade your IOS. Seriously, I've opened a lot of tickets with TAC in the last few years and that has been their answer in every single one.

    At least they could have used perl or something so the correspondence part didn't take as long.