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Cisco: Security Bulletin on Significant Vulnerabilities in ASA Firewalls

Calendar Mar 23, 2000 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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security advisory security issue critical Cisco network threat PIX firewall firewall flaw
"Cisco last week admitted that two security vulnerabilities affecting its PIX firewalls could leave corporate networks open to attack. In an interim security notice, the vendor acknowledged the existence of two related vulnerabilities that both cause its Secure PIX . . . "Cisco last week admitted that two security vulnerabilities affecting its PIX firewalls could leave corporate networks open to attack. In an interim security notice, the vendor acknowledged the existence of two related vulnerabilities that both cause its Secure PIX Firewalls to interpret FTP (File Transfer Protocol) commands out of context, leaving the networks behind the firewalls open to penetration."

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