Cisco releases patch to fix DoS vulnerability in 7600 routers

Cisco on Wednesday released a patch that fixes a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in the Cisco Session Border Controller (SBC) for the Cisco 7600 series routers. In addition to the patch, Cisco has published workarounds that mitigate the problem. All Cisco ACE-based SBC modules running software versions prior to 3.0(2) are affected. However, the Cisco XR 12000 Series SBC is not vulnerable.

Additionally, the following products have been tested by Cisco and are also NOT vulnerable, the company says: Cisco ACE Module, Cisco ACE 4710 Application Control Engine, Cisco ACE XML Gateway, Cisco ACE Web Application Firewall, and the Cisco ACE GSS (Global Site Selector) 4400 Series.

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