Cisco has discovered a security flaw in its Cisco Security Agent software (CSA. This could be exploited by attackers to circumvent the security provided by the host-based intrusion prevention product. The network giant has issued a patch to fix the vulnerability. . . .
Cisco has discovered a security flaw in its Cisco Security Agent software (CSA. This could be exploited by attackers to circumvent the security provided by the host-based intrusion prevention product. The network giant has issued a patch to fix the vulnerability.

A flaw in the function that detect buffer overflow attacks means the second of two closely spaced attacks might avoid detection. The system under attack must contain an unpatched underlying vulnerability in system software that CSA is configured to protect.

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