---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia integrated with Microsoft WSUS http://secunia.com/blog/71/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Cisco IOS XR SSH Denial of Service Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA38227 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/38227/ DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in Cisco IOS XR, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of SSH version 2 packets and can be exploited to crash the SSH connection handler process and consume large amounts of memory. Please see the vendor's advisory for a complete list of affected versions. SOLUTION: Update to fixed versions. Please see the vendor's advisory for details. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported by the vendor. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: Cisco: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100120-xr-ssh.shtml ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------