Gladiator Research and Security

GSA Reference Number: AD090925-01

Simply Put: Cisco has announced eleven new vulnerabilities in multiple Cisco products.  Nine of the vulnerabilities affect Cisco’s IOS – the operating system for many Cisco devices.  Cisco IOS is present on Cisco routers and switches.  Two more vulnerabilities affect Unified Communications Manager.  The vulnerabilities cover denial of service and authentication bypass on IOS, as well as denial of service and remote code execution on Unified Communications Manager.   Many of these vulnerabilities are considered Critical by Gladiator, since a denial of service on a router would result in loss of Internet access.  Note: Cisco Firewalls do not run Cisco IOS and are not vulnerable to these issues.