Cisco Offers Patch for Network Software Flaw
From Associated Press
Companies that operate key Internet backbones scrambled to patch a serious software flaw in equipment that relays much of the global network’s traffic.
The vulnerability, in Cisco Systems Inc. routers and other switches, could be used by hackers to cause outages.
The problem has not been exploited, according to Cisco, which released a free patch to fix the flaw in its Internetworking Operating System.
Shares of San Jose-based Cisco were down 47 cents to $17.76 on Nasdaq.
