Cisco IOS Security Hole
July 26, 2005: Michael Lynn quits his job with ISS before disclosing the flaw at Black Hat Briefings. He decided to speak now, he said, because the source code for Cisco IOS was recently stolen for the second time. According to Lynn, he had permission from ISS and Cisco to speak about the security hole at the Black Hat Briefings going on this week in Las Vegas but then the companies changed their mind and threated to sue him.
IOS is the software that runs Cisco routers, which routes data for large networks and the nation's Internet infrastructure.
While a patch was released in April 2005, it is easy to see that since Cisco has had the IOS source code swiped from them on multiple occasions it has most likely been taken for malicious purposes.
Keeping things like this secret is not a good idea and thankfully someone took a step forward.
IOS is the software that runs Cisco routers, which routes data for large networks and the nation's Internet infrastructure.
While a patch was released in April 2005, it is easy to see that since Cisco has had the IOS source code swiped from them on multiple occasions it has most likely been taken for malicious purposes.
Keeping things like this secret is not a good idea and thankfully someone took a step forward.
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