Cisco fixes DoS vulnerability in routers and switches
Cisco has patched a software hole that could lead to a denial-of-service attack.
By Jeff Caruso on Wed, 09/09/09 - 3:20pm.Network World's Jim Duffy writes that Cisco has patched a software hole that could lead to a denial-of-service attack on routers and switches.
From the article:
The vulnerability allows attackers to manipulate the state of TCP connections, according to a Cisco security advisory released this week. By manipulating the state of a TCP connection, an attacker could force the TCP connection to remain in a long-lived state, possibly indefinitely.
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