It has been reported that Cisco CatOS is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. Improper initial TCP handshakes can cause affected devices to cease functioning and reboot. These improper connections can originate from spoofed source addresses, making it easier for an attacker to accomplish a denial of service attack. This vulnerability is only accessible if the device is running telnet, HTTP, or SSH services. IOS is not affected by this vulnerability.
It has been reported that Cisco CatOS is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. Improper initial TCP handshakes can cause affected devices to cease functioning and reboot. These improper connections can originate from spoofed source addresses, making it easier for an attacker to accomplish a denial of service attack. This vulnerability is only accessible if the device is running telnet, HTTP, or SSH services. IOS is not affected by this vulnerability.