Re: New Cisco Vulnerability

[Gregory Hicks <ghicks () cadence com>]

> From: "Vincent J. Bono" <vbono () vinny org>
> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 15:17:54 -0400
>
> Hello All,
>
> There seem to be rumors going around that there is a new major Cisco
> vulnerability but only the major backbones are being given fixes
> right now.

Not 100% true...  Anyone with a Catalyst 4000/5000/6000 can get it -
free.  See this URL for details.

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20030709-swtcp.shtml

> Something about packets malformed in a certain manner cause the
> router to wedge.

True.

Regards,
Gregory Hicks

> Can anyne shed any light on or off list?
>
> -vb

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