Free upgrades of Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS) software have been made available after the company admitted to a security hole that could allow external hackers to crash routers. The flaw affects all versions of the IOS software from...
This can allow malicious users to remotely execute commands on the system at the highest privilege level, effectively controlling the device. Cisco has warned systems administrators that all releases of its IOS software - the primary control...
Through internal testing, Cisco has discovered that devices running Cisco IOS software may be susceptible to a denial-of-service attack," said Jim Brady, a company spokesman. To address this, Cisco has created an IOS software fix and workaround to...
The theft became public in May, when it was discovered that almost 800 megabytes of Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS) source code had been posted to a Russian website. Cisco IOS is the crown jewel of the networking giant's product portfolio.
A vulnerability in Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS) could be exploited to crash or remotely run malicious code on devices that run IOS, the San Jose, California, networking giant warned on Wednesday in a security advisory.
The vulnerabilities are found in a third-party cryptographic library in Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XR, Cisco PIX and ASA Security Appliances, Cisco Firewall Module and Cisco Unified CallManager products, according to a security advisory issued by Cisco.