Cisco fixes critical 'CDPwn' vulnerabilities that enabled the remote hijack of millions of routers and switches

CDPwn vulnerabilities affect the proprietary Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) enabled by default in almost all Cisco network devices

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Critical 'CDPwn' vulnerabilities affect the proprietary Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) enabled by default in almost all Cisco network devices

Cisco has released patches to address five critical security vulnerabilities in the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), which could enable attackers to remotely hijack millions of enterprise routers an...

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