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RE: Cisco IOS Exploit Cover Up


From: "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan () verisign com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:33:44 -0400





For those who like to keep abreast of security issues, there are  
interesting developments happening at BlackHat with regards to Cisco  
IOS and its vulnerability to arbitrary code executions.

I apologize for the article itself being brief and lean on technical  
details, but allow me to say that it does represent a real problem  
(as in practical and confirmed):

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/07/mending_a_
hole_.html



Yes, practical _and_ confirmed, but you'll never get $vendor to 
admit it, which is the problem to begin with. 
  

-M<


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