Cisco has issued three security patches, fixing bugs that could crash its products and drawing a warning from the SANS Internet Storm Center. The
updates, issued Wednesday, fix denial of service bugs in the SSH (Secure Shell) software in Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS), used to power its routers, and in the Cisco Service Control Engine, which is provides carrier-grade networking services.
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