Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Cisco IOS XR

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National Cyber Awareness System:

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Cisco IOS XR [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2013/10/02/Cisco-Releases-Security-Advisory-Cisco-IOS-XR ] 10/02/2013 
04:48 PM EDT 
Original release date: October 02, 2013

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in Cisco IOS XR Software version 4.3.1. If 
successful, this exploitation could result in complete packet memory exhaustion, rendering critical services on the 
affected device unable to allocate packets, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the following Cisco Security Advisory  [ 
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20131002-iosxr ]and apply any necessary 
updates or workarounds to help mitigate the risk.

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