Re: New Cisco Vulnerability

[John Curran <jcurran () xo com>]

> 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.
>
> Something about packets malformed in a certain  manner cause the 
> router to wedge.
>
> Can anyne shed any light on or off  list?
>
> -vb

Rumor has it that more information will be coming soon, but in the 
interim it's recommend to drop packets destined for the router itself 
which don't originate from a known source.

/John